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Date:      Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:40:01 GMT
From:      CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl>
To:        freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/175306: [snd_hda] snd_hda does not produce 7.1 sound on ALC892 chip
Message-ID:  <201301151740.r0FHe1i0056033@freefall.freebsd.org>

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From: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl>
To: =?UTF-8?Q?Micka=C3=ABl_Maillot?= <mickael.maillot@gmail.com>
Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/175306: [snd_hda] snd_hda does not produce 7.1 sound on
 ALC892 chip
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:37:29 +0100

 On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Micka=C3=ABl Maillot
 <mickael.maillot@gmail.com> wrote:
 > you need to set the output format to 7.1:
 > sysctl dev.pcm.0.play.vchanformat=3Ds16le:7.1
 
 Hello Mikael! Thanks for your hint, but this does not help - sound is
 still stereo, even on 5.1 audio content :-(
 
 dev.pcm.0.%desc: Realtek ALC892 (Rear Analog 7.1/2.0)
 dev.pcm.0.%driver: pcm
 dev.pcm.0.%location: nid=3D20,22,21,23,24,26
 dev.pcm.0.%parent: hdaa0
 dev.pcm.0.play.vchans: 1
 dev.pcm.0.play.vchanmode: fixed
 dev.pcm.0.play.vchanrate: 48000
 dev.pcm.0.play.vchanformat: s16le:7.1
 dev.pcm.0.play.32bit: 24
 dev.pcm.0.rec.vchans: 1
 dev.pcm.0.rec.vchanmode: fixed
 dev.pcm.0.rec.vchanrate: 48000
 dev.pcm.0.rec.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
 dev.pcm.0.rec.32bit: 24
 dev.pcm.0.rec.autosrc: 2
 dev.pcm.0.buffersize: 65536
 dev.pcm.0.bitperfect: 0
 dev.pcm.1.%desc: Realtek ALC892 (Front Analog)
 dev.pcm.1.%driver: pcm
 dev.pcm.1.%location: nid=3D27,25
 dev.pcm.1.%parent: hdaa0
 dev.pcm.1.play.vchans: 1
 dev.pcm.1.play.vchanmode: fixed
 dev.pcm.1.play.vchanrate: 48000
 dev.pcm.1.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
 dev.pcm.1.play.32bit: 24
 dev.pcm.1.rec.vchans: 1
 dev.pcm.1.rec.vchanmode: fixed
 dev.pcm.1.rec.vchanrate: 48000
 dev.pcm.1.rec.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
 dev.pcm.1.rec.32bit: 24
 dev.pcm.1.rec.autosrc: 2
 dev.pcm.1.buffersize: 65536
 dev.pcm.1.bitperfect: 0
 dev.pcm.2.%desc: Realtek ALC892 (Rear Digital)
 dev.pcm.2.%driver: pcm
 dev.pcm.2.%location: nid=3D30
 dev.pcm.2.%parent: hdaa0
 dev.pcm.2.play.vchans: 1
 dev.pcm.2.play.vchanmode: passthrough
 dev.pcm.2.play.vchanrate: 48000
 dev.pcm.2.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
 dev.pcm.2.play.32bit: 24
 dev.pcm.2.buffersize: 65536
 dev.pcm.2.bitperfect: 0
 dev.pcm.3.%desc: Realtek ALC892 (Onboard Digital)
 dev.pcm.3.%driver: pcm
 dev.pcm.3.%location: nid=3D17
 dev.pcm.3.%parent: hdaa0
 dev.pcm.3.play.vchans: 1
 dev.pcm.3.play.vchanmode: passthrough
 dev.pcm.3.play.vchanrate: 48000
 dev.pcm.3.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
 dev.pcm.3.play.32bit: 24
 dev.pcm.3.buffersize: 65536
 dev.pcm.3.bitperfect: 0
 
 I am a bit afraid of the option:
 
 dev.hdaa.0.config: forcestereo,ivref50,ivref80,ivref100,ivref,vref
 
 The "forcestereo" scares me, but removing that option and
 reconfiguring card also changes nothing :-(
 
 Please advise :-)
 Tomek
 
 --=20
 CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info



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