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Low audio quality
Posted: Fri 13 Jul 2012, 07:56
by sanjuro
Hi,
i am trying Lucid Puppy 5.2.8 on my old laptop, but i have really low sound quality in vlc player comparing to sound quality in windows vlc. It sounds like there is some echo. I think there is some kind of realtek audio chip. Any general suggestions? thx.
Posted: Fri 13 Jul 2012, 09:26
by darkcity
Hi sanjuro
Welcome to the kennels
Its possible you sound isn't configured or you need a different driver. Not heard of people experiencing echo.
the command
alsamixer
will set the sound levels and chose which card.
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Have you tried you the ALSA sound wizard ( in setup menu )? Make a backup (while its not in use) of your save file first, or try without using savefile.
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/HowToAvoidLoadingSaveFile
any luck?
Posted: Fri 13 Jul 2012, 22:26
by sanjuro
thanks for reply. i have tried it but nothing chnaged. There is a little echo, but the sound is so tinny. And sound is quieter than in win. This is only problem i need to solve because i really like puppy, really fast on old lenovo. Alsamixer says i have chip Realtek 861. Should i try official driver for linux os from their official sites or there is some community driver?
Posted: Sat 14 Jul 2012, 00:47
by darkcity
looking at the latest driver from Realtek looks like ALC861 is already included in ALSA under HD Audio codec.
what are the contains of
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
and what is the output from
aplay -l ?
(edit- are you using version 5 of 5.28 ?
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=70855
more help at-
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyOnLaptops +
http://www.linlap.com/)
Posted: Sat 14 Jul 2012, 13:16
by sanjuro
contents of alsa-base.conf ->
http://pastebin.com/i42TArSw
result of aplay -l is
Code: Select all
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC861-VD Analog [ALC861-VD Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
yes i am using lucid 5.28
Posted: Sun 15 Jul 2012, 22:40
by postfs1
Posted: Mon 16 Jul 2012, 00:21
by darkcity
according to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/138322
adding either
options snd-hda-intel model=3stack
or
options snd-hda-intel model=auto
to
alsa-base.conf may work