[vlc] Fw: two sound cards - vlc fails to open ice1712 : unable to set stream sample size and word order
Vedran Miletić
rivanvx at gmail.com
Thu Sep 18 18:18:20 CEST 2008
ice1712 and ice1724 cards accept only 32-bit audio (s32le). I don't
know if you can configure output bit depth in VLC.
2008/9/18 Michel Briand <michelbriand at free.fr>:
>
> ----- Message Transféré -----
>
> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:46:13 +0200
> De: Michel Briand <michelbriand at free.fr>
> À: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org>
> Sujet: two sound cards - vlc fails to open ice1712 : unable to set
> stream sample size and word order
>
>
> Package: vlc
> Version: 0.8.6.h-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi,
>
> I've two sound cards.
>
> $ cat /proc/asound/cards
> 0 [ICH5 ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH5
> Intel ICH5 with AD1985 at irq 17
> 1 [M2496 ]: ICE1712 - M Audio Audiophile 24/96
> M Audio Audiophile 24/96 at 0xdf80, irq 23
>
> [Kernel has a race problem: card order changes between boots...]
>
> When selecting the sound card through the vlc gui menu, it doesn't
> work on the chosen sound card (ICE1712), output this message:
>
> [00000338] main audio output debug: looking for audio output module: 3
> candidates [00000338] alsa audio output warning: unable to set stream
> sample size and word order, disabling linear PCM audio [00000338] main
> audio output debug: thread 2959260560 (aout) created at priority 0
> (oss.c:520) [00000338] main audio output debug: using audio output
> module "oss" [00000338] main audio output debug: output 's16l' 48000 Hz
> Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes [00000338] main audio output debug:
> mixer 'fl32' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes [00000338] main
> audio output debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'s16l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz
> Stereo->Stereo
>
>
> and falls back to the other sound card.
>
> When I specify explicitly the target sound card:
>
> vlc --alsadev default:CARD=M2496
>
> It works!
>
> [00000338] main audio output debug: looking for audio output module: 3
> candidates [00000338] alsa audio output debug: opening ALSA device
> `default:CARD=M2496' [00000338] main audio output debug: thread
> 2948311952 (aout) created at priority 0 (alsa.c:662) [00000338] main
> audio output debug: using audio output module "alsa" [00000338] main
> audio output debug: output 'fl32' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8
> bytes [00000338] main audio output debug: mixer 'fl32' 48000 Hz Stereo
> frame=1 samples/8 bytes [00000338] main audio output debug: no need for
> any filter [00000338] main audio output debug: looking for audio mixer
> module: 3 candidates [00000338] main audio output debug: using audio
> mixer module "float32_mixer" [00000338] main audio output debug: input
> 'a52 ' 48000 Hz 3F2R/LFE frame=1536 samples/1792 bytes [00000338] main
> audio output debug: filter(s) 'a52 '->'fl32' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz
> 3F2R/LFE->Stereo
>
>
> Is there something to improve in vlc ?
>
> Cheers,
> Michel
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (990, 'testing')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages vlc depends on:
> ii libaa1 1.4p5-37+b1 ascii art library
> ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility
> toolkit ii libavcodec51 0.svn20080206-12 ffmpeg codec
> library ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library:
> Shared libraries ii libcaca0 0.99.beta14-1 colour
> ASCII art library ii libcairo2 1.6.4-6 The
> Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libcdio7
> 0.78.2+dfsg1-3 library to read and control CD-ROM ii
> libcucul0 0.99.beta14-1 low-level Unicode character
> drawin ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-3 simple interprocess
> messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.76-1 simple
> interprocess messaging syst ii libfreetype6
> 2.3.7-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii
> libfribidi0 0.10.9-1 Free Implementation of the
> Unicode ii libgcc1 1:4.3.1-9 GCC support
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> 2.16.5-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libglu1-mesa
> [libglu1] 7.0.3-5 The OpenGL utility library (GLU) ii
> libgtk2.0-0 2.12.11-3 The GTK+ graphical user
> interface ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client
> Exchange library ii libiso9660-5 0.78.2+dfsg1-3 library
> to work with ISO9660 files ii libjpeg62 6b-14
> The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libnotify1 [libnotify1
> 0.4.4-3 sends desktop notifications to a n ii
> libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-2 Layout and rendering of
> internatio ii libpng12-0 1.2.27-1 PNG library -
> runtime ii libsdl-image1.2 1.2.6-3 image loading
> library for Simple D ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.13-2
> Simple DirectMedia Layer ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-2
> X11 Session Management library ii libstdc++6
> 4.3.1-9 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii
> libtar 1.2.11-5 C library for manipulating tar
> arc ii libtiff4 3.8.2-11 Tag Image File Format
> (TIFF) libra ii libvcdinfo0 0.7.23-4 library to
> extract information fro ii libvlc0 0.8.6.h-1
> multimedia player and streamer lib ii libwxbase2.6-0
> 2.6.3.2.2-2 wxBase library (runtime) - non-GUI ii
> libwxgtk2.6-0 2.6.3.2.2-2 wxWidgets Cross-platform C++
> GUI t ii libx11-6 2:1.1.4-2 X11 client-side
> library ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous
> extension librar ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11
> Xinerama extension library ii libxosd2 2.2.14-1.6
> X On-Screen Display library - runt ii libxv1
> 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Video extension library ii
> ttf-dejavu-core 2.25-3 Vera font family derivate with
> add ii vlc-nox 0.8.6.h-1 multimedia player and
> streamer (wi ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression
> library - runtime
>
> vlc recommends no packages.
>
> Versions of packages vlc suggests:
> pn mozilla-plugin-vlc <none> (no description available)
> pn videolan-doc <none> (no description available)
>
> -- no debconf information
>
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