Make 5.1 sound card stereo

[Hemsworth]

Hi

I have a 5.1 sound card (I think thi is the correct term it has side, rear, c/sub and main out outputs) but am only able to use a TV with stereo input as monitor/speakers.

The sound is kind of incomplete, I can hear parts of songs missing when I play them.

I have the osund set to Analogue Stere output but when I test the speakers only the right one works.

Is there anyway I can disable the other outputs and just have a stereo output?

The computer has a HDMI output but the sound from that doesn't work at all. Also I wasn't able to set the screen resolution to one that worked.

I'm running Ubuntu 11.04

This is the output I get from cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16
1 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdffc000 irq 19

Thanks, Hemsworth

[Rubberman]

You should be able to set the preferences in your media player or the system sound tool to use stereo instead of 5.1 surround.