USB Sound

[jmadero]

Hi All,

I just got a USB 5.1 sound card for my notebook....having some weird issues.

First I couldn't get the card to work at all using ALSA (worked with OSS when I went to system preferences, sound, and switched to OSS - USB)

I installed the latest ALSA from source including the libs, tools, etc...

What I can get now:
When I go to system preferences sound, when I test ALSA USB I hear noise coming out of my 5.1
Rythmbox -- works perfectly

What doesn't work:
Pretty much everything else.
Amarok doesn't work (preferred music player)
internet stuff (youtube, nba highlights, etc..)
VLC

How do I get it working for everything? I'm a bit annoyed with this problem

Edit: By not work I mean the sound comes out of my laptop speakers instead of my 5.1

Edit 2: I followed these instructions:
HOWTO: get an undetected usb card or headset detected by alsa and configured for 5.1 - Ubuntu Forums

VLC now works, Amarok still doesn't (sound out of notebook speakers), now no sound at all on youtube

[jmadero]

Anyone available to private chat to get my sound card functioning right?

PM me if you think so, I would really appreciate it.

[jmadero]

So I'm starting to pinpoint the problem. I have one success

I have alsa controlling USB

Problem, only 2.1, if I edit my .asoundrc at all I get this error

audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink: Could not open audio device for playback.

here is my aplay -L

default:CARD=Audio
USB Audio, USB Audio
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Audio,DEV=0
USB Audio, USB Audio
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Audio,DEV=0
USB Audio, USB Audio
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Audio,DEV=0
USB Audio, USB Audio
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Audio,DEV=0
USB Audio, USB Audio
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Audio,DEV=0
USB Audio, USB Audio
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Audio,DEV=0
USB Audio, USB Audio
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Audio,DEV=0
USB Audio, USB Audio
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=Intel
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Digital
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

Any ideas? Thanks all

[rokytnji]

jmadero, I didn't realize that when I recommended you that usb soundcard that you were gonna have this much trouble with it. Have you looked through these any at all?

HOWTO: PulseAudio Fixes & System-Wide Equalizer Support - Ubuntu Forums

Here is my thread. It doesn't name the card specifically, but it is about this card.

from a reviewer who recommended this card to work in 5.1 surround sound:::::
[all variants] ALSA Upgrade Script - Ubuntu Forums