Open Sound System

by **kobra196** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 5:01 pm

hi,

I had a sound problem in Ubuntu 12.10 and Mint 14 (no sound at all) and after reading this topic http://forum.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=61072 I decided to give it a go with OSS. After following most of the directions on this page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound, now my onboard sound chip is recognized and I get a little noise on the speakers but still no sound in my applications (flash, system, etc). Now I don`t really have a clue on how to further achieve this. Can I get a little help from you?

According to the directions I disabled Alsa and PulseAudio, now how to proceed with the OSS modules?

by **igorzwx** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:30 pm

kobra196 wrote:hi,

I had a sound problem in Ubuntu 12.10 and Mint 14 (no sound at all) and after reading this topic http://forum.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=61072 I decided to give it a go with OSS. After following most of the directions on this page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound, now my onboard sound chip is recognized and I get a little noise on the speakers but still no sound in my applications (flash, system, etc). Now I don`t really have a clue on how to further achieve this. Can I get a little help from you?

According to the directions I disabled Alsa and PulseAudio, now how to proceed with the OSS modules?

If you want to get help on a technical forum, you may need to provide some technical information which may help to diagnose the problem. Right?
This was explained in that same manual for Ubuntu users: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenS ... al_Support

You may post, for example, the output from these commands:

Code: Select all: $ ossmix $ ossinfo -v3 $ lspci -vnn $ dmesg | grep oss $ lsmod | grep oss $ lsmod | grep snd

Does "osstest" play sound?

by **kobra196** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:17 pm

thanks for replying... here is some feedback:

ossmix

Code: Select all: Selected mixer 0/High Definition Audio ALC888 Known controls are: codec1.jack.green.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec1.jack.green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.black.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently center/LFE) codec1.jack.black [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.black.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.orange.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently rear) codec1.jack.orange [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.orange.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.gray.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently pcm4) codec1.jack.gray [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.gray.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.pink.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec1.jack.pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.fp-pink.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec1.jack.fp-pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.fp-pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.blue.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently input) codec1.jack.blue [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.blue.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.fp-green.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec1.jack.fp-green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.fp-green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.fp-mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.linein1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.fp-head1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.int-aux1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.green1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.black1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.orange1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.gray1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.input-m1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.record.mix.mute.mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.fp-mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.linein2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.fp-head2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.int-aux2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.green2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.black2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.orange2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.gray2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.input-m2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix2 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.fp-mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.linein [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.fp-headphone [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.int-aux [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.black [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.orange [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.gray [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.input-mix <mic|fp-mic|linein|int-aux> (currently mic) codec1.misc.front-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.front1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.front2 <front|input-mix> (currently front) codec1.misc.rear-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.rear1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.rear2 <rear|input-mix> (currently rear) codec1.misc.center/lfe-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute3 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.center/lfe1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.center/lfe2 <center/LFE|input-mix> (currently center/LFE) codec1.misc.side-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute4 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.side1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.side2 <side|input-mix> (currently side) codec1.misc.pcm4-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute5 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.pcm41 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.pcm42 <pcm4|input-mix> (currently pcm4) vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON) vmix0-rate <decimal value> (currently 48000) (Read-only) vmix0-channels <Stereo|Multich> (currently Stereo) vmix0-src <Fast|High|OFF> (currently Fast) vmix0-outvol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB) vmix0-invol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm9 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm10 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm11 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm12 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)

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ossinfo

Code: Select all: Version info: OSS 4.2 (b 2007/201207032139) (0x00040100) Platform: Linux/x86_64 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.32-1 (desktop) Number of audio devices: 9 Number of audio engines: 13 Number of MIDI devices: 0 Number of mixer devices: 1 Device objects 0: osscore0 OSS core services 1: oss_hdaudio0 nVidia HD Audio interrupts=14458 (14458) HD Audio controller nVidia HD Audio Vendor ID 0x10de07fc Subvendor ID 0x1025026c Codec 0: ALC888 (0x10ec0888/0x1025026c) Codec 3: Unknown (0x10de8001/0x10de0101) 2: oss_usb0 USB audio core services MIDI devices (/dev/midi*) Mixer devices 0: High Definition Audio ALC888 (Mixer 0 of device object 1) Audio devices HD Audio play front /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 (device index 0) HD Audio play rear /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm1 (device index 1) HD Audio play center/LFE /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm2 (device index 2) HD Audio play side /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm3 (device index 3) HD Audio play pcm4 /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm4 (device index 4) HD Audio play spdif-out /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout0 (device index 5) HD Audio play spdifout /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout1 (device index 6) HD Audio rec mix /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcmin0 (device index 7) HD Audio rec mix /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcmin1 (device index 8) Nodes /dev/dsp -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 /dev/dsp_in -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 /dev/dsp_out -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 /dev/dsp_ac3 -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout0 /dev/dsp_mmap -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 /dev/dsp_multich -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 ------------------------------------------------- lspci -vnn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 Host Bridge [10de:07c1] (rev a2) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07cb] (rev a2) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 00:01.0 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07cd] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.1 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07ce] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.2 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07cf] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.3 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d0] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.4 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d1] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.5 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d2] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.6 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d3] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:02.0 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d6] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:03.0 ISA bridge [0601]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 LPC Bridge [10de:07d7] (rev a2) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 I/O ports at 4f00 [size=256] 00:03.1 SMBus [0c05]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 SMBus [10de:07d8] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 11 I/O ports at 4900 [size=64] I/O ports at 4d00 [size=64] I/O ports at 4e00 [size=64] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus 00:03.2 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 Memory Controller [10de:07d9] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:03.4 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 Memory Controller [10de:07c8] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:04.0 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i USB [10de:07fe] (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 Memory at fcfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:04.1 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 [nForce 630i] USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI) [10de:056a] (rev a1) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22 Memory at fcffec00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:08.0 IDE interface [0101]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 IDE [10de:056c] (rev a1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pata_amd 00:09.0 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 High Definition Audio [10de:07fc] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 Memory at fcff8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: oss_hdaudio 00:0a.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge [10de:056d] (rev a1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge [10de:056e] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: fd000000-feafffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000ce000000-00000000dfffffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge [10de:056f] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0 Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge [10de:056f] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff Memory behind bridge: feb00000-febfffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:0e.0 SATA controller [0106]: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i SATA [10de:07f4] (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21 I/O ports at c480 [size=8] I/O ports at c400 [size=4] I/O ports at c080 [size=8] I/O ports at c000 [size=4] I/O ports at bc00 [size=16] Memory at fcffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ahci 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT215 [GeForce GT 240] [10de:0ca3] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at ce000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] I/O ports at dc00 [size=128] Expansion ROM at fea80000 [disabled] [size=512K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nouveau 02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0be4] (rev a1) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7 Memory at fea7c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> 04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 01) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43 I/O ports at e800 [size=256] Memory at febff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at febc0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: r8169

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lspci -vnn

Code: Select all: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 Host Bridge [10de:07c1] (rev a2) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07cb] (rev a2) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 00:01.0 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07cd] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.1 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07ce] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.2 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07cf] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.3 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d0] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.4 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d1] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.5 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d2] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.6 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d3] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:02.0 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d6] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:03.0 ISA bridge [0601]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 LPC Bridge [10de:07d7] (rev a2) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 I/O ports at 4f00 [size=256] 00:03.1 SMBus [0c05]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 SMBus [10de:07d8] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 11 I/O ports at 4900 [size=64] I/O ports at 4d00 [size=64] I/O ports at 4e00 [size=64] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus 00:03.2 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 Memory Controller [10de:07d9] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:03.4 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 Memory Controller [10de:07c8] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:04.0 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i USB [10de:07fe] (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 Memory at fcfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:04.1 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 [nForce 630i] USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI) [10de:056a] (rev a1) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22 Memory at fcffec00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:08.0 IDE interface [0101]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 IDE [10de:056c] (rev a1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pata_amd 00:09.0 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 High Definition Audio [10de:07fc] (rev a1) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 Memory at fcff8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: oss_hdaudio 00:0a.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge [10de:056d] (rev a1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge [10de:056e] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: fd000000-feafffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000ce000000-00000000dfffffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge [10de:056f] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0 Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge [10de:056f] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff Memory behind bridge: feb00000-febfffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:0e.0 SATA controller [0106]: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i SATA [10de:07f4] (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21 I/O ports at c480 [size=8] I/O ports at c400 [size=4] I/O ports at c080 [size=8] I/O ports at c000 [size=4] I/O ports at bc00 [size=16] Memory at fcffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ahci 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT215 [GeForce GT 240] [10de:0ca3] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at ce000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] I/O ports at dc00 [size=128] Expansion ROM at fea80000 [disabled] [size=512K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nouveau 02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0be4] (rev a1) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7 Memory at fea7c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> 04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 01) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:026c] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43 I/O ports at e800 [size=256] Memory at febff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at febc0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: r8169

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dmesg | grep oss

Code: Select all: [ 0.385839] vgaarb: bridge control possible 0000:02:00.0 [ 21.992750] Adding 2457596k swap on /dev/sda7. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2457596k [ 30.047951] oss_hdaudio 0000:00:09.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0 [ 30.047957] oss_hdaudio 0000:00:09.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0 [ 30.078596] oss_hdaudio: HDA codec 0x10de8001 not known yet [ 30.090655] oss_hdaudio: HDA codec 0x10de8001 not known yet [ 30.256999] usbcore: registered new interface driver oss_usb

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lsmod | grep oss

Code: Select all: oss_usb 111623 0 oss_hdaudio 151392 0 osscore 553920 2 oss_hdaudio,oss_usb usbcore 128640 8 ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd,usbhid,uas,usb_storage,wacom,oss_usb

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lsmod | grep snd

-nothing-

by **kobra196** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:22 pm

I hope this feedback is good for you... osstest did work I got sounds on nearly all the tests...

osstest

Code: Select all: Sound subsystem and version: OSS 4.2 (b 2007/201207032139) (0x00040100) Platform: Linux/x86_64 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.32-1 *** Scanning sound adapter #-1 *** /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 (audio engine 0): HD Audio play front - Performing audio playback test... <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47992.00 Hz (-0.02%)> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm1 (audio engine 1): HD Audio play rear - Performing audio playback test... <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47992.00 Hz (-0.02%)> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm2 (audio engine 2): HD Audio play center/LFE - Performing audio playback test... <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47992.00 Hz (-0.02%)> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm3 (audio engine 3): HD Audio play side - Performing audio playback test... <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47994.00 Hz (-0.01%)> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm4 (audio engine 4): HD Audio play pcm4 - Performing audio playback test... <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47994.00 Hz (-0.01%)> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout0 (audio engine 5): HD Audio play spdif-out - Performing audio playback test... <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47992.00 Hz (-0.02%)> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout1 (audio engine 6): HD Audio play spdifout - Performing audio playback test... <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47992.00 Hz (-0.02%)> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcmin0 (audio engine 7): HD Audio rec mix - Skipping input only device /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcmin1 (audio engine 8): HD Audio rec mix - Skipping input only device *** All tests completed OK ***

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I have a 5.1 surround system with 3 of 5 speakers connected, I lost the other two... so only front left, right, and rear left connected.. and the sub..

in the test best performance was brought by audio engine 5 spdout0 (/dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout0 (audio engine 5)), so is it possible to use that one to steer sound to the apps?? Again, I`m learning how sound in linux works, so I`m kind of guessing for words.. this helps immensely.. I hope you can help out a little more..

by **igorzwx** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:55 pm

kobra196 wrote:I hope this feedback is good for you... osstest did work I got sounds on nearly all the tests...

I have a 5.1 surround system with 3 of 5 speakers connected, I lost the other two... so only front left, right, and rear left connected.. and the sub..

in the test best performance was brought by audio engine 5 spdout0 (/dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout0 (audio engine 5)), so is it possible to use that one to steer sound to the apps?? Again, I`m learning how sound in linux works, so I`m kind of guessing for words.. this helps immensely.. I hope you can help out a little more..

If "osstest" works, the playback is OK.
To have sound in your apps, you have to configure them for OSS4.
See: http://www.4front-tech.com/wiki/index.p ... _for_OSSv4
Some useful info is here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Open_Sound_System

Which sort of Linux Mint do you have?

On Linux Mint 14 Mate, you may want to install "mate-settings-daemon-gstreamer" as alternative to "mate-settings-daemon-pulse"

Code: Select all: $ sudo apt-get install mate-settings-daemon-gstreamer

To fix gstreamer on Linux Mint 14 Mate, you have to install "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good":

Code: Select all: $ sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-plugins-good

This will fix sound in Totem, Banshee, etc.

You may also want to install some other "gstreamer1.0-plugins" (bad, ugly) [codecs, etc.].

To prevent troubles with PulseAudio crap, you may want to install "libcanberra-gstreamer"

Code: Select all: $ sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gstreamer

READ THIS: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5206

5.1 surround works with OSS4. You may try it when everything else is fixed. There is a howto for "surround" on this forum.

You may try to fix basic things. Then we may discuss "sound quality", HiRes FLACs, DXD Waves, etc.

Since certain sound apps use "virtual mixer devices" of OSS4 (instead of "real devices"), it makes sense to test them too:

Code: Select all: $ osstest -V

see "man osstest":

Code: Select all: $ man osstest It is possible to test just one of the available audio devices by giving its number on command line (for example osstest 1). Use the device index numbers reported by "ossinfo -a". Virtual mixer devices will not be tested. Use the -V command line option to force test of virtual devices.

You may try:

Code: Select all: ossinfo -a

Then:

Code: Select all: $ osstest 0 $ osstest -V 0 $ osstest 1 $ osstest -V 1 $ osstest 2 $ osstest -V 2 [and so on]

Green = Front (output = playback)
Pink = Mic (input = recording)
Blue = Line-in (input = recording)

All of them can be used for playback and recording.

Some motherboards may not correctly initialize the jacks according
to their color and functionality but in general here's the
configuration that should generally be followed:

Orange = Center/LFE o Blue = Line-in
Black = Rear o Green = Front
Grey = Side o Pink = Mic

Some Azalia codecs support front panel connectors and so if you see
fp-green and fp-pink connectors, then these are for front panel
speaker and mic/line-in Jacks.

There is a function selector for most of the analog audio jacks (for example
connector.pink.mode). This selector is used to control if the jack is used
as an input (microphone or line in) or output (front, rear, side, speaker,
etc). http://manuals.opensound.com/usersguide ... audio.html

EXAMPLE:

Code: Select all: $ ossmix Selected mixer 0/High Definition Audio ALC887 Known controls are: codec3.jack.green.mode <front|input> (currently front) codec3.jack.green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.jack.green.front [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 52.9:52.9 dB) codec3.jack.green.front-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) [HW Mixing is dissabled. "ON" means "OFF" (muted), "OFF" means "ON" (unmuted)] codec3.jack.green.input-mix-mut ON|OFF (currently ON) codec3.jack.pink.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently input) codec3.jack.pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 9.9:9.9 dB) codec3.jack.pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.jack.fp-pink.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently input) codec3.jack.fp-pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec3.jack.fp-pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.jack.blue.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec3.jack.blue [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec3.jack.blue.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.jack.fp-green.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec3.jack.fp-green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec3.jack.fp-green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.fp-mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.linein1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.fp-head1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.int-cd1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.front1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.input-m1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 17.9:17.9 dB) codec3.record.mix.mute.mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.fp-mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.linein2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.fp-head2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.int-cd2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.front2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix.mute.input-m2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.record.mix2 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 37.9:37.9 dB) codec3.misc.rear1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 51.9:51.9 dB) codec3.misc.center/lfe1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 53.9:53.9 dB) codec3.misc.side1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 50.9:50.9 dB) codec3.misc.mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 37.4:37.4 dB) codec3.misc.fp-mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec3.misc.linein [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec3.misc.fp-headphone [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec3.misc.int-cd [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec3.misc.front [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec3.misc.input-mix <mic|fp-mic|linein|int-cd> (currently fp-mic) codec3.misc.rear-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.misc.input-mix-mute1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.misc.rear2 <rear|input-mix> (currently rear) codec3.misc.center/lfe-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.misc.input-mix-mute2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.misc.center/lfe2 <center/LFE|input-mix> (currently center/LFE) codec3.misc.side-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.misc.input-mix-mute3 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.misc.side2 <side|input-mix> (currently side) codec3.misc.pcm41 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 45.9:45.9 dB) codec3.misc.pcm4-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.misc.input-mix-mute4 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec3.misc.pcm42 <pcm4|input-mix> (currently pcm4) codec4.jack.int-digout.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON) vmix0-rate <decimal value> (currently 48000) (Read-only) vmix0-channels <Stereo|Multich> (currently Stereo) vmix0-src <Fast|High|High+|Production|OFF> (currently OFF) vmix0-outvol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB) vmix0-invol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm9 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm10 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm11 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm12 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)

by **kobra196** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:33 am

Ok, thanks to that great post, thank you for that, I ve been making some progress...

I installed

libflashsupport (after compiling it for 64-bit)
libcanberra-gstreamer

and added sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa
to be able to install gst-plugins-good but I couldn`t get it to work because apt-get couldn`t find the package.

Now I have some sound in flash applications but it uses "HD Audio play front /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0" which gives a lot of distortion. As a matter of fact only "HD Audio play spdif-out /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout0 (device index 5)" seems to work flawlessly so if possible I`d like to use that for everything.. How do I achieve that? Do I alter the nodes as they are mentioned in ossinfo? Thank you for your attention...

Code: Select all: ossinfo -a Audio devices HD Audio play front /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 (device index 0) HD Audio play rear /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm1 (device index 1) HD Audio play center/LFE /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm2 (device index 2) HD Audio play side /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm3 (device index 3) HD Audio play pcm4 /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm4 (device index 4) HD Audio play spdif-out /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout0 (device index 5) HD Audio play spdifout /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout1 (device index 6) HD Audio rec mix /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcmin0 (device index 7) HD Audio rec mix /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcmin1 (device index 8) Nodes /dev/dsp -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 /dev/dsp_in -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 /dev/dsp_out -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 /dev/dsp_ac3 -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout0 /dev/dsp_mmap -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 /dev/dsp_multich -> /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0

by **igorzwx** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:49 am

kobra196 wrote:Now I have some sound in flash applications but it uses "HD Audio play front /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0" which gives a lot of distortion.

Do you have the "Fast resampler" enabled?

Code: Select all: $ ossmix | grep Fast vmix0-src <Fast|High|High+|Production|OFF> (currently OFF)

by **kobra196** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:26 pm

Code: Select all: ossmix | grep Fast vmix0-src <Fast|High|OFF> (currently Fast)

Yes, Fast is enabled

by **igorzwx** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:37 pm

kobra196 wrote:
Code: Select all
ossmix | grep Fast vmix0-src <Fast|High|OFF> (currently Fast)

Yes, Fast is enabled

If the Fast resampler is enabled, you must have rather strong distortions.
It is enabled by default to make OSS4 sound like ALSA, or even worse.

If you are not deaf, you may want to disable resampling:

Code: Select all: $ ossmix vmix0-src OFF Value of mixer control vmix0-src set to OFF $ ossmix | grep Fast vmix0-src <Fast|High|High+|Production|OFF> (currently OFF)

by **kobra196** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:02 pm

The distortion is pretty heavy yes, so I keep volume on minimal for testing purposes.
but disabling the resampling unfortunately doesn`t make a difference in distortion. It remains in the same source and levels..

i`m sorry to say that I have no clue about what settings of OSS can be configured. I`m dependent only on your insight so thanks for trying to help out..

here is a full ossmix output if it helps:

Code: Select all: ossmix Selected mixer 0/High Definition Audio ALC888 Known controls are: codec1.jack.green.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec1.jack.green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.black.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently center/LFE) codec1.jack.black [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.black.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.orange.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently rear) codec1.jack.orange [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.orange.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.gray.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently pcm4) codec1.jack.gray [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.gray.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.pink.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec1.jack.pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.fp-pink.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec1.jack.fp-pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.fp-pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.blue.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently input) codec1.jack.blue [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.blue.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.fp-green.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec1.jack.fp-green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.fp-green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.fp-mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.linein1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.fp-head1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.int-aux1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.green1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.black1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.orange1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.gray1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.input-m1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.record.mix.mute.mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.fp-mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.linein2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.fp-head2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.int-aux2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.green2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.black2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.orange2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.gray2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.input-m2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix2 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.fp-mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.linein [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.fp-headphone [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.int-aux [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.black [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.orange [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.gray [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.input-mix <mic|fp-mic|linein|int-aux> (currently mic) codec1.misc.front-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.front1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.front2 <front|input-mix> (currently front) codec1.misc.rear-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.rear1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.rear2 <rear|input-mix> (currently rear) codec1.misc.center/lfe-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute3 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.center/lfe1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.center/lfe2 <center/LFE|input-mix> (currently center/LFE) codec1.misc.side-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute4 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.side1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.side2 <side|input-mix> (currently side) codec1.misc.pcm4-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute5 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.pcm41 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.pcm42 <pcm4|input-mix> (currently pcm4) vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON) vmix0-rate <decimal value> (currently 48000) (Read-only) vmix0-channels <Stereo|Multich> (currently Stereo) vmix0-src <Fast|High|OFF> (currently OFF) vmix0-outvol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB) vmix0-invol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm9 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm10 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm11 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm12 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)

by **kobra196** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:32 pm

I found an edition of gsdtreamer on http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gs ... ns-good/... but after running "./configure", the "make" command does not execute well.. I get

Code: Select all: make make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

BTW: I`m running Mint 14 with Cinnamon

by **igorzwx** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:52 pm

kobra196 wrote:The distortion is pretty heavy yes, so I keep volume on minimal for testing purposes.
but disabling the resampling unfortunately doesn`t make a difference in distortion. It remains in the same source and levels..

i`m sorry to say that I have no clue about what settings of OSS can be configured. I`m dependent only on your insight so thanks for trying to help out..

here is a full ossmix output if it helps:

Code: Select all
ossmix Selected mixer 0/High Definition Audio ALC888 Known controls are: codec1.jack.green.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec1.jack.green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.black.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently center/LFE) codec1.jack.black [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.black.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.orange.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently rear) codec1.jack.orange [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.orange.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.gray.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently pcm4) codec1.jack.gray [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.gray.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.pink.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec1.jack.pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.fp-pink.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec1.jack.fp-pink [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.fp-pink.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.blue.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently input) codec1.jack.blue [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.blue.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.jack.fp-green.mode <front|rear|center/LFE|side|pcm4|input> (currently front) codec1.jack.fp-green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 29.9:29.9 dB) codec1.jack.fp-green.mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.fp-mic1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.linein1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.fp-head1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.int-aux1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.green1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.black1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.orange1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.gray1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.input-m1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.record.mix.mute.mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.fp-mic2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.linein2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.fp-head2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.int-aux2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.green2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.black2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.orange2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.gray2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix.mute.input-m2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.record.mix2 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.fp-mic [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.linein [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.fp-headphone [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.int-aux [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.green [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.black [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.orange [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.gray [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.input-mix <mic|fp-mic|linein|int-aux> (currently mic) codec1.misc.front-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute1 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.front1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.front2 <front|input-mix> (currently front) codec1.misc.rear-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute2 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.rear1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.rear2 <rear|input-mix> (currently rear) codec1.misc.center/lfe-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute3 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.center/lfe1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.center/lfe2 <center/LFE|input-mix> (currently center/LFE) codec1.misc.side-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute4 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.side1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.side2 <side|input-mix> (currently side) codec1.misc.pcm4-mute ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.input-mix-mute5 ON|OFF (currently OFF) codec1.misc.pcm41 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 38.9:38.9 dB) codec1.misc.pcm42 <pcm4|input-mix> (currently pcm4) vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON) vmix0-rate <decimal value> (currently 48000) (Read-only) vmix0-channels <Stereo|Multich> (currently Stereo) vmix0-src <Fast|High|OFF> (currently OFF) vmix0-outvol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB) vmix0-invol <monovol> (currently 25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm9 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm10 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm11 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB) vmix0.pcm12 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)

You may to find the source of noise with

Code: Select all: $ osstest

and

Code: Select all: $ osstest -V

If you get noise, try to lower and/or mute some volume controls, until you find the source of the noise.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Op ... io_devices

Is it a notebook?

kobra196 wrote:BTW: I`m running Mint 14 with Cinnamon

I did not know this. You may better stay with PulseALSA.

by **igorzwx** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:41 pm

kobra196 wrote:I found an edition of gsdtreamer on http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gs ... ns-good/... but after running "./configure", the "make" command does not execute well.. I get

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make make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

BTW: I`m running Mint 14 with Cinnamon

You may not need to compile "gst-plugins-good", because everything is available in the standard repositories (i386 and amd64/x86-64):
http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/gstr ... ugins-good
http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/gstr ... ugins-good

To make gstreamer apps work with OSS4 on Linux Mint 14, you can simply install two packages:

Code: Select all: $ sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-plugins-good $ sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-good

I have here Linux Mint 14 Mate (i386). Gstreamer seems to work "out of the box" (if it is correctly installed).

by **nuc** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:51 pm

Can't speak for Mint, but on Arch gstreamer definitely needs to be configured https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OS ... _GStreamer in gstreamer-properties.

by **igorzwx** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:59 pm

nuc wrote:Can't speak for Mint, but on Arch gstreamer definitely needs to be configured https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OS ... _GStreamer in gstreamer-properties.

1. Cesium claimed that gstreamer should now work "out of the box" without configuration. It seems that it does. It does not contradict my experience with Linux Mint 14 Mate. This, however, may requires verification.

2. Arch Linux Wiki is not a reliable source of "technical information". It is outdated, incomplete, and often misleading.

3. Some of the gstreamer settings can be configured with "gstreamer-properties" or "mate-gstreamer-properties".

4. Some other settings of gstreamer (including those which are not mentioned in Arch Linux Wiki) can be fixed with "gconf-editor" or "mateconf-editor", for example:

Code: Select all: /desktop/gnome/sound/default_mixer_device /desktop/gnome/sound/default_mixer_tracks /desktop/mate/sound/default_mixer_device /desktop/mate/sound/default_mixer_tracks

If you do not know the proper values for these keys, you are out of luck.
See also: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hotkeys/Troubleshooting
gnome-sound-properties could do the work, but it was "deprecated" by the notorious advocate of "Microsoft technologies" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de ... chnologies

5. There were tools and patches which had already been "deprecated" in Arch Linux and Ubuntu. Both "gstreamer-properties" and "mate-gstreamer-properties" (as well as "gconf-editor" or "mateconf-editor") cannot set everything right. That is why Temüjin created a magic script in 2009. You may find this thread on the forum http://www.4front-tech.com/forum/viewto ... 324#p13408
The magic script is available here: http://www.4front-tech.com/wiki/index.p ... #gstreamer It does not solve all problems but it is very helpful.

mate-settings-daemon-gstreamer is not likely to be patched to support notification with multimedia keys. This can be verified.
The multimedia keys seem to work with OSS4 on Linux Mate 13 LTS (without notification).

EDIT:
mate-settings-daemon-gstreamer is indeed patched to support notification with multimedia keys.
It works, but it seems to be extremely buggy, especially with Intel HDA codecs.
It is usable with old AC'97 codecs.
For Intel HDA codecs, you may prefer "custom keys" without notification.

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