[mythtv-users] SB Live partially working

[Mike Davis]

Hello,

I have a SoundBlaster Live Value using ALSA 0.9.6, driver, lib and utils
installed for emu10k1.

I can hear proper sound when using mplayer with a video file.

I can hear proper sound with "aplay  /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup.wav"

When I try "cat /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup.wav > /dev/dsp I hear 'tinny'
metallic sounds.

When I try "aplay /dev/dspX" I get the same thing or nothing.

How do I tell which /dev/dsp? device the output sound should be sent to?

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/etc/modules.conf
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1

# module options should go here
options agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1
options snd-emu10k1 index=0

# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

# card #0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss

alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
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lspci -vv

02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs CT4850 SBLive! Value
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64 (500ns min, 5000ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
        Region 0: I/O ports at df80 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

02:0a.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev
01)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64
        Region 0: I/O ports at dfe0 [size=8]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
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ls -l /dev/ds*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            9 Sep 17 23:49 /dev/dsp ->
/dev/dsp0
crw-------    1 mythtv   root      14,   3 Sep 17 23:49 /dev/dsp0
crw-------    1 mythtv   root      14,  19 Sep 17 23:49 /dev/dsp1
crw-------    1 mythtv   root      14,  35 Sep 17 23:49 /dev/dsp2
crw-------    1 mythtv   root      14,  51 Sep 17 23:49 /dev/dsp3
crw-------    1 mythtv   root      55,   0 Jan 30  2003 /dev/dsp56k

Mike Davis