Enabling Optical sound in Ubuntu

[mrapoc]

My optical isnt coming on and I cant see a way to enable it.

Ideas? Thanks

 

[FragTek]

Onboard or sound card? To get your optical line working you are going to need a full-on working set of factory drivers for your soundcard/onboard.

 

[Toxcity]

Onboard or sound card? To get your optical line working you are going to need a full-on working set of factory drivers for your soundcard/onboard.

LMAO! What happened there! :eek;

Blond moment

 

[mrapoc]

lol, a optical drive fraggy not optical audio.

CD drives and stuff.

err no

" Enabling Optical sound in Ubuntu"

Frags is right haha.

Its onboard as there isnt ANY 32bit x fi drivers out. Its for the p5B deluxe

 

[FragTek]

No drivers, no sound.

 

[mrapoc]

Its the onboard im hoping to use

iv got standard line out working though

 

[FragTek]

Its the onboard im hoping to use

iv got standard line out working though

Sorry what I meant to say was no drivers, no sound via optical. The only way you will get optical output is with the ability to control the media chipset, and the only way to get that control is through a full functioning linux driver.

 

[Joe]

Go 2 ur sound mixer there an look @ all the devices (u may need to enable them on the mixer)

there may b a IEC/Spdif checkbox/vol control (there was on my old soundstorm w/o official binaries)

X-Fi ==

http://opensource.creative.com/soundcard.html

 

[mrapoc]

That x fi is 64 bit only

OMMMMG JOE you did it again - are you god or something?

There was a IEC option and all i did was turn the volume up on it!!

Was looking for Spdif not IEC before lollllll Happy!

you'll be gettin reps as soon as ive "passed" more around lol

 

[Joe]

you'll be gettin reps as soon as ive "passed" more around lol

why thank u kind sir -- much gratitude

 

[mrapoc]

Just one gripe...im getting distortion like some1 is gargling music during playback lol

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[FarFarAway]

Just one gripe...im getting distortion like some1 is gargling music during playback lol

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You have a Creative card? It's a "feature"

 

[FragTek]

Reps to Joe for being the resident nix pimp :beerchug:

 

[Joe]

Reps to Joe for being the resident nix pimp :beerchug:

awww thanks d00d (and thanks2 ne1 else who repped)

how ya feeling

 

[Joe]

Just one gripe...im getting distortion like some1 is gargling music during playback lol

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can u upp an mp3/clip of the distortion??

 

[FragTek]

awww thanks d00d (and thanks2 ne1 else who repped)

how ya feeling

Still feelin' like shat, thx for askin' though!

 

[Joe]

Still feelin' like shat, thx for askin' though!

ah man sry 2 hear that , Get well soon

 

[mrapoc]

I have a feeling its my actual volume settings or something - sounds fine via line in!

I dont have a decent sound recorder so it wouldnt show up off an internal recording.

 

[Joe]

I have a feeling its my actual volume settings or something - sounds fine via line in!

I dont have a decent sound recorder so it wouldnt show up off an internal recording.

try and disable the LFE, rear + sides in the mixer

can ur fone record a HQ audio clip?

[sorry if being insultin]

Oh and ensure that ur speak mode is set to stereo and not DPL [/SIBI]