[mythtv-users] Confused 5.1 Sound Mapping?
Tim Draper
veehexx at zoho.com
Mon Aug 3 14:35:43 UTC 2015
---- On Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:37:27 +0100 Jim wrote ----
>I am experiencing an odd mapping of the 5.1 sound channels. The
>materials I've found on ALSA and Pulse have not led me to a remedy. I've
>tested all available configuration options in the Audio Setup, all with
>the same result.
>
>The sound is not simply a front-back misalignment. When performing the
>5.1 speaker test built into Mythtv, or using speaker-test I find the
>following:
>
>front left out of front right
>front right out of rear left
>rear left out of rear right
>rear right out of front center
>front center out of LFE
>LFE out of front left
>
>Has anyone else experienced this and have any idea of how to fix it?
>
i'm going to start with the basics:
- how are to connecting the FE to your speakers; AVR, amp, or direct speakers?
- does 5.1 work correctly when you use another device via same/different connections?
- i use pulseaudio for my setup and do get channel mis-configuring on first install before i've configured it. Have you ran 'pavucontrol' on the desktop and configured your output type correctly. iirc it's on the last/2nd-to-last tab where you get various options like analogue stereo, digital stereo, digital surround, spdif etc as the output method.
my last install refused to work correctly. a fresh install & configure pavucontrol fixed it.
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