Re: [xine-user] Missing Center channel on 6ch AC3 Playback

[Johan H. <jo...@he...>]

> On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 13:52, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
>> Johan Hen=E6s wrote:
>> > I have tried "everything" from 2 to 5.1... (Creative Megaworks thx
>> 550)
>> >
>> > Positioned where they should be :-)
>> >
>> > Johan
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Courtier-Dutton"
>> > <Ja...@su...>
>> > To: "Johan Henes" <jo...@he...>
>> > Cc: <xin...@li...>
>> > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 10:24 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [xine-user] Missing Center channel on 6ch AC3 Playback
>> >
>> >
>> >> Johan Henes wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi !
>> >>>
>> >>> I experience problems on playback of 6ch AC3 sound on my Xine / Al=
sa
>> >>> system / (Intel8x0)...
>> >>> Sound / picture is perfect except of the center channel missing. I
>> have
>> >>> had no success playing with different configs for speaker
>> arrangements,
>> >>> a52 downmix etc etc..
>> >>> On most of my DVD's i can use the 2ch soundtrack, but on my Indian=
a
>> >>> Jones collection there is only 6ch ac3 or 2ch italian which is not
>> my
>> >>> language :-)
>> >>>
>> >>> I see that others have experienced similar problems on the list
> earlier,
>> >>> but i haven't seen any solutions to the problem.
>> >>> Could anyone please help me on this one ??
>> >>>
>> >>> Best regards,
>> >>>
>> >>> Johan
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> What speaker arrangement do you have?
>> >>
>> >> How many speakers do you have?
>> >> Where are they possitioned?
>> >>
>>
>> So you have 6 speakers and a digital connection between the computer a=
nd
>> the external AMP?
>>
>> If so, select speaker-arrangement to "passthru"
>
> Hmmm. There is no Digital cable - only the three "analog" from the
> soundcard to the "sub" in the system which also has a built-in amp. Fro=
m
> this one the "satellites"  Front / rear /center are connected... (This
> is a "pc-kit" ...)
>
> Regards,
>
> Johan
>