Hi all:
I have an Audiotrak Prodigy 5.1 LT Card ( known in the ALSA world as ICE1724 (Envy 24 HT/PT).
The card has Front, Rear, BS(HP), CW and Digital out connectors for audio.
I want to get 5.1 audio to work on Gentoo Linux 2006.
Here's what I've configured on kernel 2.6.15: - Alsa enabled (nothing else in the alsa sub menu enabled) - Alsa drivers emerged (1.0.10) - Alsa 1.0.11 drivers installed separately after the 1.0.10 was unmerged.
I get audio on only the Front and BS connectors. I don't get audio on the Rear or the CW connectors. I don't have any audio accessory capable of connecting to the digital audio connector.
I am about to read the alsa-project site wiki. However, I'm new to 5.1 audio and have some newbit-class questions:
1. Does anyone have experience with using 5.1 or 7.1 sound cards under Linux ? 2. Are there are special settings that you need to do ? 3. Are there any special audio connectors ? 4. I have stereo and mono MP3 files that I wish to play via GStreamer and xmms. What will I have to do to get such audio out of all four audio connectors ?
Thanks in advance for all responses.
-- Sriram
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