From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miro Hodak Subject: Re: HD-audio regression after commit 34588709af61be1550b4e2bcee5c85d0ac4f34d4 Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 03:54:24 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20130117191224.44794728@gmail.com> <20130117214043.5a1574ee@gmail.com> <20130118090839.4a0725f8@gmail.com> <20130118133753.3eabbb18@gmail.com> <20130118174823.4795313b@gmail.com> <20130118185115.442a3d97@gmail.com> <20130118192047.403f52d0@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-ie0-f176.google.com (mail-ie0-f176.google.com [209.85.223.176]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42CDB26172C for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:54:25 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-ie0-f176.google.com with SMTP id 13so9404763iea.21 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:54:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: Takashi Iwai Cc: Raymond Yau , basinilya@gmail.com, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Manolo_D=EDaz?= , alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:18 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote: > At Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:54:39 -0500, > Miro Hodak wrote: > > > > > > > > > Not always, most labels are one word long and can be open to different > > interpretations. In alsamixer, ordering of capture controls is the > > following: > > > > Master Headphon PCM Front Front Mi Surround Center LFE > > Side Line Boo S/PDIF S/PDIF D Auto-Mut Independ > > > > and thus "Front" is next to "Front Mi" - that should connect at the > front I > > assume - rather then to other outputs at the back. Thus it is very easy > to > > get confused. > > I see. Yes, the usage of the word "front" has been a problem since > long time ago, basically because it can mean two different things: the > position of the jack and the channel location. But, this has been so, > thus it's no regression to fix urgently. > > > > Here are outputs as specified in my MB manual and my attempt to pair them > > to items in alsamixer (Capture only): > > > > MB description Alsa control (capture) > > BACK PORTS: > > Line In Line Boost (its > > boost only, I know) > > Front Speaker Out Front > > Mic In Rear Mic Boost > > Center/Subwoofer Center > > Rear Speaker Out ??? > > Side Speaker Out Side > > > > FRONT PORTS: > > Headphone Out Headphone > > Front Mic In Front Mic Boost > > > > There are two items that have not been assigned - Surround and LFE, > > presumably one of them should correspond to the "Rear Speaker Out" for > > which I could not identify ALSA control. Not being familiar with more > than > > 2-channle audio, I do not know how to assign these. > > "Surround" corresponds to the rear channel in ALSA term. > "LFE" is a more official name of subwoofer. > > > Takashi > Thanks for that explanation. I have been playing with Independent HP feature and while I can get it to work in aplay and mplayer, it does not seem to work on vlc and Skype. Both applications seem to have options for sending sound to HPs ("AD1989B Analog Front Speakers" or "AD1989B Analog (hw: 0,2)" - Skype only), but none of those options sends sound to the HPs. Any thoughts on this?