[mythtv-users] how to tell if 5.1 audio channels mapped correctly?

[Kevin Ross]

On 11/05/2010 11:57 AM, Dan Christensen wrote:
> So now it looks like I have a systematic problem with channel mappings.
> Could it be because the version of alsa I'm running is older than yours?
> I'm running Debian lenny with these alsa versions
>
> alsa-base           1.0.23+dfsg-2  ALSA driver configuration files
> alsa-source         1.0.23+dfsg-2  ALSA driver sources
> alsa-utils          1.0.23-3       Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
> alsaplayer-alsa     0.99.80-3      PCM player designed for ALSA (ALSA output module)
> alsaplayer-common   0.99.80-3      PCM player designed for ALSA (common files)
>
> and kernel 2.6.32-5-686.  Maybe next week I'll try upgrading to
> testing/squeeze to see if that fixes anything, but that's a major
> upgrade that I'm hesitant to do if it's not necessary...

I have no idea if this is the cause of your problem, but those versions 
*are* from Squeeze, not Lenny.  Are you running a mixed Lenny/Squeeze 
system?