Urza9814 Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Ok...I dunno why...most likely the driver...but I dunno what driver to use then...anyways...my Creative Soundblaster Live! soundcard only outputs teh main 2 channels of the 6...and...even if I found the right driver...I wouldn't know how to install it...so any assistance there would be much appriciated...here's my haddrake info: [Vendor: Creative Labs Alternative drivers: audigy:emu10k1 Bus: PCI Bus identification: 1102:2:1102:8065 Location on the bus: 0:9:0 Description: SB Live! (audio) Module: snd-emu10k1 Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO seems like it's detecting it ok...except for the 5.1 part...will that even work at all in linux? (if not that's ok...my speakers can fix that decently) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 check your volume settings. there should be controls for the other outputs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza9814 Posted January 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 errr....and where would I find that? If it's in MCC, I failed to find it...if it's in the media player itself, im using XMMS, and I can't seem to find it there either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Note that I don't have a soundblaster live, but I have a NForce Soundstorm that supposedly have 5.1 channel output too. In kmix, there is a box named Advanced. Put a checkmark on it and there will be many additional buttons. Put a checkmark on the button that enables the other speakers outputs like rear or center speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza9814 Posted January 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 (edited) uhh...no...there isn't a checkbox labeled advanced... I was screwing with the drivers and I got all but the center working...but the back 2 are really quiet, so... Also, using Xine or Totem set to 5.1 doesn't change anything. Edited January 28, 2005 by Urza9814 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 i would use alsamixer which i believe is terminal-only... i'm surprised you're having issues. i used to have a Live! and it worked perfectly, but that was a year or so ago when it was OSS and not ALSA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza9814 Posted January 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory err...I don't use alsa...I use OSS...according to Harddrake...lol Your card currently uses the OSS "audigy" driver (default driver for your card is "snd-emu10k1") I was using emu10k1 before and it didn't work...then I reinstalled mandrake...and found the new audigy choice...so I used it...and it worked...so...I'm using OSS. Like I said, it kinda works, but the back speakers are too quiet and the center just gets static Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 I have the same card, and it can work fine. Do your files actually have any surround content? Did you try playing a dvd with Xine, with xine set to 5.1 (or, in my case 4.0) speaker setup? Kmix should then let you control the front and rear channels without any problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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