configuring "via ac 97 + alsa "

[Michel]

Ok, just for playing sound the defaults work...but I'm trying to use "teamspeak"...it's a program to chat in groups (with voice) and I ahev to say..I was teh person who was causing the echo..it's terrible..everyone has to turn off teh sound...It's not perfect yet, but acceptable now I can say to my opinion...( we can hear eachother without echoes and there wa also a certain sound that's also gone now..maybe because of teh echoes or separate I don't know)::

 

So for using MIC + PLAYBACK:

 

So, if you use alsa:

 

-use alsamixer to configure or something else if you want ofcourse:

 

command as root: alsamixer

 

here are my cuurent values:

 

(for every entry I assume by default, not muted & not captured, else it's mentionned...It can be that I mention values, but they don't matter...for example I suppose "cd" and "line" don't matter)

 

*Master: 84

 

*Master M: 81

 

*Headphone: muted

 

*3D Contr: 0

 

*3D Contr: 0

 

*3D Contr: Muted

 

*PCM: 74

 

*Line: Muted

 

*CD: 33

 

*Mic: capture & muted

 

*Mic boost:

 

*Mic Sele: Mic 1

 

*Video: muted

 

*Phone: muted

 

*PC Speak: 0

 

*Aux: muted

 

*Mono Out: Mix

 

*Capture: 33 & capture

 

*Mix:

 

*Mix Mono:

 

*External: muted

 

It's important (on my computer anyway) to keep "capture" as low as possible...in aumix "capture" is named "i-gain" I think.

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I just picked something up from the alsa-list. If you have static...you can try to switch to the second device on your sfirst card. It normally produces less/no static. BUT I believe the 1st device supports up to 4 streams simultaneously, but the 2nd one only one. But maybe in the future the dmix-plugin of alsa can help you a litlle bit. Personnaly I don't have any/or not really noticeable static on the 1st device....

what to do for using the 2nd device?

 

write in /etc/asound.conf (if you don't have one, create one):

 

pcm.via82xx {

type hw

card 0

device 1

}

 

ctl.via82xx {

type hw

card 0

}

 

Remark: asound.conf will enable this setting globally, but you can also enable it on a per-user-base. instead of writing this in /etc/asound.conf, you have to write it in .asoundrc in the users home-directory

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If anyone knows better values..or has advice on how to improve the quality..

please write it down here...

 

thanks