[MPlayer-users] Alsa + 5.1 surround

[gabor]

On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 00:55, stoic at chello.nl wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi all,
> 
> I recently installed mplayer version 0.92-3.2.2 successfully. However, I can't 
> get surround51 working with the alsa-plugin. I use the alsa-0.9.7 driver. My 
> soundcard is an intel8x0 based onboard card. I have an Asus P4PE motherboard.
> 
> 
> I invoke mplayer as follows:
> 
> $ mplayer -v -channels 6 -ao alsa9:surround51 <avifile>
> 
> Here are the audio sections:
> 
> "==========================================================================
> Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
> dec_audio: Allocating 4608 + 65536 = 70144 bytes for output buffer
> mp3lib: made decode tables with MMX optimization
> mp3lib: using MMX optimized decore!
> MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done
> 
> MPEG 1.0, Layer III, 48000 Hz 96 kbit Joint-Stereo, BPF: 288
> Channels: 2, copyright: No, original: Yes, CRC: No, emphasis: 0
> AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 12000->192000 (96.0 kbit)
> Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
> =========================================================================="

are you sure that the avifile contains 6channel audio?

gabor