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Date:      Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:22:04 +0200
From:      Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net>
To:        Ian Barnes <ian@cerebellum.za.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sound Card and Speakers
Message-ID:  <200302112022.04484.will@unfoldings.net>
In-Reply-To: <200302111940.34786.ian@cerebellum.za.net>
References:  <200302111940.34786.ian@cerebellum.za.net>

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On Tuesday 11 February 2003 19:40, Ian Barnes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a sound blaster live value, with Cambride Soundworks 5.1 Surround
> Speakers. I am running FreeBSD 5.0 Rel, in my kernel config i have device
> pcm, my sound works fine. The only thing that is bothering me, is that it
> the surround sound isnt working properly. I am using KDE as my window
> manager, wih xmms as my mp3 player.
>
> Has anyone managed to get this problem sorted out ? Am i alone ?
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> Ian Barnes

You're not alone :)

As far as I know, the pcm(4) driver currently only supports 2 channels, 
which means your rear speakers will not be getting a signal.

It might be a good thing to submit a PR and remind the developers that 
people want extra channel support, although I am sure they are working on 
it :)

Will

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