Problem with surround sound

[QueenInBlack]

Hi everybody,
I`m using Fedora 11. I just bought a Creative Audigy Soundblaster sound card. It is recognized by the system, but I can`t make it play sound on all channels in xmms or mplayer. The alsa test confirms that all channels are working - I can hear sound from all of them. I have read several posts in other forums about modifying my ./asoundrc, but they just don`t seem to work. I`ll be glad if anybody can help me with this. Thanks in advance.

[weitjong]

I am assumming you are using pulseaudio. If not then just ignore my post.

I have F10 and F12, so not really sure which one of the following applicable to F11.

In F10, I modified /etc/pulse/daemon.conf to have below entry:

default-sample-channels = 8

The number is of course depends on the number of speakers you have. I got this tip from one of the post from this forum.

In F12, the surround speakers support is just a matter of selecting the right option in the gnome-volume-control.

[QueenInBlack]

Still the same. xmms and mplayer only play the front channel, while alsatest plays all the channels.....

[weitjong]

Have you rebooted your machine after the change? Either that or you need to kill and restart the pulseaudio daemon. I found the another post in Fedora forum that solves your problem. It is not the same post I was referring to, but it does not matter.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=225630

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