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authorThibault Le Meur <Thibault.LeMeur@supelec.fr>2007-07-13 13:50:23 +0400
committerJaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>2007-07-20 13:11:52 +0400
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[ALSA] usb-audio - Fix AC3 with M-Audio Audiophile USB
Fixed AC3 interface in device_setup=0x00 mode thanks to Hakan Lennestal and updated documentation Signed-off-by: Thibault Le Meur <Thibault.LeMeur@supelec.fr> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/Audiophile-Usb.txt22
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diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audiophile-Usb.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audiophile-Usb.txt
index 5b7a5487d505..2ad5e6306c44 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audiophile-Usb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audiophile-Usb.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- Guide to using M-Audio Audiophile USB with ALSA and Jack v1.4
+ Guide to using M-Audio Audiophile USB with ALSA and Jack v1.5
========================================================
Thibault Le Meur <Thibault.LeMeur@supelec.fr>
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ History
- Added Low Endianness nature of 16bits-modes
found by Hakan Lennestal <Hakan.Lennestal@brfsodrahamn.se>
- Modifying document structure
+* v1.5 - Thibault Le Meur (2007-07-12)
+ - Added AC3/DTS passthru info
1 - Audiophile USB Specs and correct usage
@@ -105,9 +107,12 @@ way (I suppose the device's index is 1):
In this mode, the device uses Big Endian byte-encoding so that
supported audio format are S16_BE for 16-bit depth modes and S24_3BE for
-24-bits depth mode. One exception is the hw:1,2 port which is reported
-to be Little Endian compliant (supposedly supporting S16_LE) but processes
-in fact only S16_BE streams.
+24-bits depth mode.
+
+One exception is the hw:1,2 port which was reported to be Little Endian
+compliant (supposedly supporting S16_LE) but processes in fact only S16_BE streams.
+This has been fixed in kernel 2.6.23 and above and now the hw:1,2 interface
+is reported to be big endian in this default driver mode.
Examples:
* playing a S24_3BE encoded raw file to the Ao port
@@ -116,6 +121,8 @@ Examples:
% arecord -D hw:1,1 -c2 -t raw -r48000 -fS24_3BE test.raw
* playing a S16_BE encoded raw file to the Do port
% aplay -D hw:1,1 -c2 -t raw -r48000 -fS16_BE test.raw
+ * playing an ac3 sample file to the Do port
+ % aplay -D hw:1,2 --channels=6 ac3_S16_BE_encoded_file.raw
If you're happy with the default Alsa driver mode and don't experience any
issue with this mode, then you can skip the following chapter.
@@ -205,13 +212,16 @@ mode" above for an aplay command example)
3.2.1.3 - AC3 w/ DTS passthru mode
-This mode is untested, I have no AC3 compliant device to test it. I uses:
+Thanks to Hakan Lennestal, I now have a report saying that this mode works.
* device_setup=0x03
- 16bits 48kHz mode with only the Do port enabled
- - AC3 with DTS passthru (not tested)
+ - AC3 with DTS passthru
- Caution with this setup the Do port is mapped to the pcm device hw:1,0
+The command line used to playback the AC3/DTS encoded .wav-files in this mode:
+ % aplay -D hw:1,0 --channels=6 ac3_S16_LE_encoded_file.raw
+
3.2.2 - How to use the device_setup parameter
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