Re: [xine-user] Need help with surround sound

[Derek S. <mai...@sc...>]

> Am Dienstag, 7. Juni 2005 18:46 schrieb Derek Scollon:

>> In the xine config file, I've changed the speaker configuration to
>> "Surround 5.1". What I'm getting now is background sounds from the
>> centre speaker, bass from the bass speaker and nothing from the other
>> speakers, no voices, etc.

> Is the sound ok when you test it with "speaker-test -Dplug:surround51
> -c6", otherwise you have to change the mixer settings (I've got no 
> sound from the front speakers after updating to SuSE 9.3, but a lot 
> from the rear. I've turned down Wave Surround to 0 and turned up Wave
> and it's ok now).


Very strange. When I first ran this test, it seemed to work fine. Now, without changing anything that I'm aware of, it doesn't work properly. I get sound in all 6 speakers but in the wrong order. I've noticed that I get hardly any of the sound I'd expect from the centre speaker when playing a DVD and I think it's because that channel is being played through the bass speaker, which doesn't reproduce the right frequencies for speech.

How do I change the speakers around to get the right channels playing in the right places? (I can't just rearrange the wiring because the bass speaker is wired internally in the speaker system.)

-- 
Derek