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5.1 sound is not rightly working - merentah - 2016-07-10
Hello, I bought a CSL-Computer 7.1 USB sound card, and a 5.1 speakers for my raspberry. I use OSMC and I have tried all the sound settings but it doesn't work well. It sounds with mp3 and videos with 2 channels. But with movies with sound 5.1 I don't get seldom to heard the voices. It sounds very very low, but the effects sound high.
Please, could you help me?
PS: Sorry, I made a mistake with the adequated forum. I move the message to the right forum: Hardware.
5.1 sound with CSL card - merentah - 2016-07-10
Hello, I bought a CSL-Computer 7.1 USB sound card, and a 5.1 speakers for my raspberry. I use OSMC and I have tried all the sound settings but it doesn't work well. It sounds well with mp3 and videos with 2 channels. But with movies with sound 5.1 I don't get seldom to heard the voices. It sounds very very low, but the effects sound high, and specifically the centre channel doesn't sound.
Please, could you help me?
5.1 sound with CSL card - merentah - 2016-07-10
I discovered that from centre speaker sound subwoofer, and from subwoofer sounds the centre. It happens in Raspberry, Linux and Windows.
RE: 5.1 sound with CSL card - nickr - 2016-07-10
Can you be more particular about exactly which card you have, and how it is all wired up?
5.1 sound with CSL card - merentah - 2016-07-10
I use this:
https://www.amazon.es/gp/aw/d/B00WKB2MQW/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.es/gp/aw/d/B007D0OO3Y/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It has worked in kubuntu by swapping center and subwoofer speakers in alsa conf, but I didn't get it in the raspberry.
RE: 5.1 sound is not rightly working - Gracus - 2016-07-11
Is it this one?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/external-Dynamic-surround-sound-function-buttons/dp/B00NXUVBV6
If the answer is yes:
1-What could you expect from this really cheap stereo soundcard with what could probably be one of the poorest surround effect?
2-Why did you try to plug a 5.1 speaker system on this things?
RE: 5.1 sound is not rightly working - Dangelus - 2016-07-11
Moved to Hardware.
RE: 5.1 sound with CSL card - nickr - 2016-07-11
And merged threads.
Are you connecting the sound card to the speaker system with spdif or analog?
RE: 5.1 sound with CSL card - nickr - 2016-07-11
ok googling seems to show it has analog inputs only. That means you'll need a cable wired differently, either bought or made with a soldering iron!
RE: 5.1 sound with CSL card - merentah - 2016-07-11
Sorry, the card is this one:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CSL-8-channel-simultaneous-recording-equipment/dp/B01HM5KP5A/
It is already working in my laptop with Kubuntu, but not in the Raspberry Pi 3. The lfe(subwoofer) and the center channels are swapped. In Kubuntu I follow the step "Instructions for surround sound channel swapping:" in this tutorial, and I got it:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1293911
But in RP3 installed pulseaudio, followed the tutorial, but it didn't work.
RE: 5.1 sound with CSL card - merentah - 2016-07-12
Well, in this moment I found a physical solution, and it worked. I have used two minijack/rca converter cables and I swapped the both channels (lfe and center; orange socket).
RE: 5.1 sound with CSL card - nickr - 2016-07-12
In other words basically what I said in post 9
RE: 5.1 sound with CSL card - merentah - 2016-07-13
Sorry, now I understand your post. [WHITE SMILING FACE]
Enviado desde mi A0001 mediante Tapatalk
RE: 5.1 sound with CSL card - EloyFarina - 2023-03-05
Hi buddy.
I bought exactly the same hardware and I have a home theater 5.1. I would like to connect to the Raspberry Pi 4.
I'm totally lost. Can you explain how it's working for you?
Thanks and regards
EDIT: I figured out. Just plugin the sound card into Raspberry Pi 4 running LibreElec it worked. I had to select the audio card in System/System and enable passthrough