Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:07:20 +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: <4FDF6E58.2050204@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FDB1BB0.8060800@bananmonarki.se> References: <4FDA0B5E.4090901@gmail.com> <4FDAAF5E.4040500@gmail.com> <4FDAECF8.4080007@gmail.com> <4FDB1BB0.8060800@bananmonarki.se>
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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?
Seen in multimedia/mplayer/Makefile.shared:
CONFIGURE_ARGS= --cc="${CC}" \
[..snip..]
--disable-liba52 \
That's probably why mplayer won't play surround sound, I'll try with VLC
tonight.
Cheers,
--
David Demelier
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