prost Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 On Ubuntu & knoppix I've found my sound quality is better than man2007? Is there a fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Hmmm, you don't really describe your problem in great detail, which makes it very difficult for anyone to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 I have not found this to be the case in general. What soundcard are you using? Have you played around with the audio settings within the Mandriva Control Center (mcc)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opvask Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 I used Ubuntu/Kubuntu before Mandriva and with my soundcard (SB LIVE) there's absolutely no difference. Sound works great in Mandriva for me. Like mentioned above you need to give a little more detail about the problem for people to help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 It is not... the soundcard drivers are the same, and AFAIK neither the standard Ubuntu/Debian kernels, nor the stock Mandriva ones use any steroids (low latency patches). I guess it is just the well-known placebo effect, and that is that. You could possibly hear some real difference by using a mm-kernel, but even with that one the difference is apparent when using a dedicated sound application that requires low latency (jack, rosegarden, and that sort of stuff). For playing back CD's and MP3, there should be absolutely no difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 (edited) This is a long shot, but with everything else being equal, perhaps the volume settings on both distros are different... you might want to check your mixer settings. What kind of sound card do you have anyway? Edited April 13, 2007 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prost Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 I use a realtek alc660. The sound when playing mp3s is a bit muffled. I use Amorak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfitpierce Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Also try making sure the volume settings on volume mixer thing are not all the way up full blown. That distorts quality sometimes to your pc speakers. Turn it down a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 If using Kmix then make sure that Master AND PCM are set to about 80% Over a long time I have found this to be necesary for good reproduction in Mandriva. It probably just happens that Ubuntu and Knoppix has made such settings by default so you were lucky. As Scarecrow rightly said "the drivers are the same" so it can only be the mixer settings. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prost Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 I tried reducing the volume control but it made no difference. I didn't use kmix. On ubuntu/knoppix the sound is louder & clearer. I tried using alsa & oss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 It's just the default mixer settings that are different. The backend is the same. Play a bit with your mixer of preference, and it will sound the way you like. If not using kmix, then "alsamixer" or whatever is involved one way or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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