[derwood]

I upgraded to Dharma a couple of days ago from Camelot.
Before installing Dharma, I upgraded to Lucid Lynx.
All video and music audio works fine. Can play files with any kind of audio no problem. The only thing I don't get is navigation sounds.
Sound is through onboard audio through SPDIF to Altec Lansing Speakers.

Code:

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC662 rev1 Digital [ALC662 rev1 Digital]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Code:

aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

Code:

cat /etc/asound.conf
pcm.!default {
        type hw
        card 0
        device 1
}

The following is uncommented from /etc/pulse/default.pa
load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:0,1

I have the following setup in Dharma:

Audio Output: optical/coax
Speaker Configuration: 5.1
Boost Volume Level On Downmix: Yes
Dolby Digital AC3 Capable Receiver: Yes
DTS Capable Receiver: No
Audio Output Device: Custom
Custom Audio Device: plug:iec958
Passthrough Output Device: iec958

If anyone has any ideas, it would be appreciated.
I know this is a comparatively minor issue, but I'd like to get it resolved.

Thanks

[derwood]

Does *anyone* have any ideas on this?

[gmozilla]

I dont have any idea .... but i can let you know, that this is a common problem, when using spdif. Sometimes Navisounds work for 1-2 secs or something and then u dont have sound for hours. I just turned them OFF

[Gryph]

This is how I got my nav sounds working:


cat /etc/asound.conf

Code:

pcm.!default {

   type plug
   slave {
       pcm "iec958"
   }

}

[scalpel]

@derwood Are you using standalone option?

[derwood]

@derwood Are you using standalone option?

Standalone option? Not familiar with that.

[Hammi]

Have you been able to resolve your problem? I installed an alternative web interface plugin yesterday and lost navigation sounds. Trying to fix it...