Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:35:53 +0200 From: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No surround sound with Creative SB Live! card Message-ID: <4FE3A1C9.7000606@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FE29B16.5060005@bananmonarki.se> References: <4FDA0B5E.4090901@gmail.com> <4FDAAF5E.4040500@gmail.com> <4FDAECF8.4080007@gmail.com> <4FDB1BB0.8060800@bananmonarki.se> <4FDF7326.1080201@gmail.com> <4FE29B16.5060005@bananmonarki.se>
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On 21/06/2012 05:55, Bernt Hansson wrote: > 2012-06-18 20:27, David Demelier skrev: >> On 15/06/2012 13:25, Bernt Hansson wrote: >>> On 2012-06-15 10:06, David Demelier wrote: >>>> On 15/06/2012 05:43, Edward M wrote: >>>>> On 06/14/2012 09:03 AM, David Demelier wrote: >>>>>> I have an old SB Live! card with a 5.1 speaker set, but i can't get >>>>>> sound from center and rear speakers with mplayer. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm using the snd_emu10kx driver and when I try to play a DVD I get >>>>>> sound only through the front speakers (and LFE) like a 2.1 >>>>>> >>>>>> Adding -channels 6 to the mplayer args does not help. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Sounds like the DVD surround audio is encoded in AC-3 Dolby Digital or >>>>> DTS. So a decorder is needed. >>>>> >>>> >>>> That's what mplayer says: >>>> >>>> ========================================================================== >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders >>>> AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 6 ch, s16le, 448.0 kbit/9.72% (ratio: 56000->576000) >>>> Selected audio codec: [ffac3] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AC-3) >>>> ========================================================================== >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> AO: [oss] 48000Hz 6ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) >>>> >>>> What do you mean by "a decoder is needed"? >>> >>> Have you tried vlc or xine? >> >> It does not work with VLC too, do you need to tweak some settings? > > Try $ vlc filename > > I've tried a file that gave this error > > [0x2bb4b43c] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc > `mp4v'. VLC probably does not support this sound or video format. There is just this error: [0x8373b4e70] xcb_xv generic error: no available XVideo adaptor But this is due to my modern graphic card (radeon 5670) -- David Demelier
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