[vlc] Re: 6 channel with alsa

[Benjamin Pracht]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2005, Sameer Thahir wrote :
> 
> i tried to play a dvd using the command line
> vlc --aout alsa dvd://
> 
> and using the rc interface .. i get stereo sound .. i use " adev 6 " to
> invoke 6 channel and i get the following errors
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> adev
> +----[ Audio Device ]
> | 1 - Mono
> | 2 - Stereo *
> | 4 - 2 Front 2 Rear
> | 6 - 5.1
> | 10 - A/52 over S/PDIF
> +----[ end of Audio Device ]
> adev: returned 0 (no error)
> adev 6
> [00000534] alsa audio output error: unable to set stream sample size
> and word order (Invalid argument)
> [00000534] alsa audio output error: unable to set stream sample size
> and word order (Invalid argument)
> No accelerated IMDCT transform found
> adev: returned 0 (no error)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> and i still  get stereo sound
> 
> im using
> 
> vlc 0.8.4 -test
> kernel 2.6.13 alsa drivers
> debian sarge 3.1
> 
> i really would like to get 6 channel sound ..
> 

Could you tell us what sound card you have and which alsa device module
you use ?

-- 
BigBen

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