Ubuntu
totem package

5.1 sound on stereo soundcard

Bug #64256 reported by idokibovito
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
totem (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: totem

I was trying to play an .avi (x264) with 5.1 audio. Totem is configured to use stereo speakers, which would be right given it's a laptop. However I hear only part of the sound, I guess the front 2 speakers only. I've seen this problem with an oldschool xvid aswell, so I don't think the x264 codec is the problem.
Oh, and mplayer played the same file nicely in stereo, downsampled it perfectly to fit on this card.

Need any other info?

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idokibovito (idokibovito) wrote :

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)

Laptop: hp pavilion zt3000 series

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use? Do you use totem-gstreamer or totem-xine?

Changed in totem:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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idokibovito (idokibovito) wrote :

The last tests were on edgy, but I had dapper on the laptop 2 months ago and it was the same.
totem-gstreamer with all the -ffmpeg, -bad, -ugly, -multiverse etc plugins installed, maybe that helps.
Just for info, should surround sound work in dapper/edgy? I only had partial success so far, and that only with "mplayer -channel etc".

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Marking unconfirmed, I've no surround setup to try, maybe somebody else have a config for that can pick on it and forward the bug upstream

Changed in totem:
status: Needs Info → Unconfirmed
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idokibovito (idokibovito) wrote :

Nor did I that time. That's why I reported the bug: only have 2 speakers and I didn't hear some speech at all. Can't confirm it right now on feisty since I don't have files with 5.1 audio ATM.

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Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote :

Can you test this with hardy and let us know what happens? Thanks.

Changed in totem:
status: New → Incomplete
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idokibovito (idokibovito) wrote :

Okay I will do so, might take a while (need to get the alpha and find an appropriate media).
Oh and I'm on vacation next week aswell.
Thanks for the hint, will report back.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!.

Changed in totem:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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