eyeh8windows Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 I had to put my left speaker on the right side and the right speaker on the left. Is there any way I can send a command to the audio driver to get it to switch the speakers around so I'm actually hearing the sound like it's supposed to be heard; i.e., my left speaker plays sounds designated for the left speaker...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 (edited) If I may answer your question with a question like :- Would it be easier to switch the wires over? That's the way I would do the task. I don't know of a way to do it from the CLI. Edited February 23, 2007 by SilverSurfer60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeh8windows Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 I wish it were that easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Perhaps a bit more info on your setup would help. You say you switched your speakers around. This gives the impression they are wired and separate from your 'puter. That was my understanding from the way you presented your question. Obviously I was wrong. :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeh8windows Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 The speakers are wired together and are separate from my computer. The wire that runs from the speakers to the audio out port at the back of the computer is attached to the right speaker, since the wire is only long enough to reach the computer when I put the speaker on the left side I'm stuck hearing everything in the opposite speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 Weird - I expected something as simple as that to be a simple checkbox in Kmix but clearly it isn't. Maybe it's possible to set this up somewhere in the alsa configuration file, but I'm afraid I don't know where or how. Might be a pointer though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 Unless anyone knows of a way to do this via software, and I cannot find anyway, it seems to be a hardware fix. This leaves a couple or three options. As I don't know your capabilities I would suggest buying an extension cable. These shouldn't be too hard to track down, and should not cost the earth to buy. If you cannot buy one and are capable make your own, this is not very challenging, unless you are physically challenged yourself (no rudeness intended here). Another option would be to split the existing cable and rejoin swapping the wires at the joint. This is a bit messy and so is not the preferred method. I cannot think further input for you so I hope I have been of help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioEar Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 (edited) As far as I know, there is no way to swap the stereo channels. That is hard wire on the sound card or hardware. I suppose a clever coder could write a driver to do this through software, but as you can imagine would screw up any application with a balance control. Now if some how if the analog leads from the CD or DVD player/writer got plugged in wrong, then you might have switch LR channels. That is if you are using analog, just about all OS use the WAV output today for audio CD playback. Edited February 25, 2007 by RadioEar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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