Changing Default Audio Device

Virtuality · 12-15-2007, 09:25 PM

Hi,

I have my headphones in one sound card and 5.1 speakers in the other.

When I run :

Code:

speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 -twav

It comes through the headphones (onboard sound card).

I want it to come through my speakers but I don't know how to make it.

Same with totem-xine; it plays through onboard and not my one with speakers in it.

Where do I change this?

XMMS plays through speakers because it has the option to change the device.

Also even if the test succeeds how do I make XMMS use 5.1 sound?

Virtuality · 12-15-2007, 09:34 PM

Well I figured out 5.1 sound, you just make a file on your home directory called '.asoundrc' with:

(I did NOT write this myself, it's from ubuntu forums)

Code:

pcm.dmix51 {
	type dmix
	ipc_key 1024
	ipc_key_add_uid false
	ipc_perm 0666 
	slave {
		pcm "hw:1,0"
		channels 6
		period_time 0
		period_size 1024
		buffer_size 8192
		rate 44100
	}
}

ctl.dmix51 {
	type hw
	card 1
}

pcm.stereo {
	type plug
	slave.pcm "dmix51"
	ttable.0.0 1
	ttable.1.1 1
}

pcm.!default {
	type route
	slave.pcm "dmix51"
	slave.channels 6
	ttable.0.0 1
	ttable.1.1 1
	ttable.0.2 1
	ttable.1.3 1
	ttable.0.4 1
	ttable.1.4 1
	ttable.0.5 1
	ttable.1.5 1
}

pcm.duplicate {
	type plug
	slave.pcm "dmix51"
	slave.channels 6
	route_policy duplicate
}

Then go to XMMS, click plugins and hit CTRL+P just before you select alsa mixer and it works.

But how do I change the default device totem uses?

To think, I don't even have a proper driver for this sound card yet it sounds better than it does on windows...

kzutter · 12-15-2007, 10:28 PM

I have 2 sound cards, one built-in on my MB and one PCI card.
I only wanted to use the PCI card one, so I disabled the onboard sound in my MB's BIOS.

Unless you need both cards running, this maybe a solution for you, too.