[arch-general] Pulseaudio 5.1 Setup echoes Front Speakers to Rear speakers
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Salutations, I recently hooked up a 5.1 surround sound receiver to my Haswell setup via HDMI. I used the sound manager in gnome to set the system to output 5.1 surround sound. However, while testing each individual speaker using the gnome sound settings, I found that front speakers were echoing content to rear speakers (with a small delay). I also noticed that if I set the fade to rear, I would lose all front speaker output. Moving the fade to the front reproduced the echo again. This is noticeable in any 5.1 audio I play as well. Has anyone experienced this and found a solution? Regards, Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlMmgTsACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/a4oQD/SmOzZZJ9hlu1o6z1TV62gGqc TVRZrVu2yMBnQb3l5XUA/AznszmgsTjGd7Kq01LvwjzGCCsgkZNDYoz2UXLrZyWT =ekbP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On 03/16/2014 09:59 PM, Mark Lee wrote:
Salutations,
I recently hooked up a 5.1 surround sound receiver to my Haswell setup via HDMI. I used the sound manager in gnome to set the system to output 5.1 surround sound. However, while testing each individual speaker using the gnome sound settings, I found that front speakers were echoing content to rear speakers (with a small delay). I also noticed that if I set the fade to rear, I would lose all front speaker output. Moving the fade to the front reproduced the echo again. This is noticeable in any 5.1 audio I play as well. Has anyone experienced this and found a solution?
Regards, Mark
Are you using PulseAudio? If so, try looking at the sound settings with pavucontrol, the official PulseAudio configuration utility (in the package extra/pavucontrol). Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I remember correctly, the Gnome sound manager and pavucontrol are different programs. In my experience, I have had the best luck using pavucontrol to configure sound. --Kyle
On 03/16/2014 10:21 PM, Kyle Terrien wrote:
Are you using PulseAudio?
D'oh! I noticed the subject line said "Pulseaudio" right after sending my message. Sorry for the stupid question. --Kyle
Does the same happens with speaker-test? (included in alsa-utils) Try running it like this: speaker-test -c 6 2014-03-17 2:40 GMT-03:00 Kyle Terrien <kyleterrien@gmail.com>:
On 03/16/2014 10:21 PM, Kyle Terrien wrote:
Are you using PulseAudio?
D'oh! I noticed the subject line said "Pulseaudio" right after sending my message. Sorry for the stupid question.
--Kyle
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 03/17/2014 07:54 PM, Adriano Moura wrote:
Does the same happens with speaker-test? (included in alsa-utils) Try running it like this: speaker-test -c 6
2014-03-17 2:40 GMT-03:00 Kyle Terrien <kyleterrien@gmail.com>:
On 03/16/2014 10:21 PM, Kyle Terrien wrote:
Are you using PulseAudio?
D'oh! I noticed the subject line said "Pulseaudio" right after sending my message. Sorry for the stupid question.
--Kyle
Salutations,
I tried "$ speaker-test -c 6" and received the same result (echoing of front speakers to rear speakers). Pavucontrol doesn't seem to have any extra configuration options to correct the issue. Regards, Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlMnor4ACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/ZHpQD9Hxhm0fMlrgaNY1llRAWvoFbu fUlLuNsas4RqKXeIfG0A/0XcDyE2HrrmSuAC6H6Nz2utlIB5XbmhwbuqpkRRkyJj =wwrA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 2:34 AM, Mark Lee <mark@markelee.com> wrote:
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On 03/17/2014 07:54 PM, Adriano Moura wrote:
Does the same happens with speaker-test? (included in alsa-utils) Try running it like this: speaker-test -c 6
Try with "speaker-test -c 6 -D hw:0" to test with the alsa driver. The default device is "default" and it is most likely the PulseAudio driver. Naturally, if you had more than one sound card you might need "hw:1" or "hw:2" or whatever... If this command still does echo, then probably it is an ALSA/hardware issue. If this command does not echo, then all points to a PulseAudio issue. -- Rodrigo
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 03/18/2014 04:49 AM, Rodrigo Rivas wrote:
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 2:34 AM, Mark Lee <mark@markelee.com> wrote:
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On 03/17/2014 07:54 PM, Adriano Moura wrote:
Does the same happens with speaker-test? (included in alsa-utils) Try running it like this: speaker-test -c 6
Try with "speaker-test -c 6 -D hw:0" to test with the alsa driver. The default device is "default" and it is most likely the PulseAudio driver.
Naturally, if you had more than one sound card you might need "hw:1" or "hw:2" or whatever...
If this command still does echo, then probably it is an ALSA/hardware issue. If this command does not echo, then all points to a PulseAudio issue.
-- Rodrigo
Salutations, Interestingly when I set the speakers to stereo, I am still getting the echoing of sound content from the front speakers to the rear speakers. Regards, Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlMoQ4kACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/ZB+AEAidgIEEX040aU0YnuUTz+gvcA oPW+cy9I9muNT7mYDLUA/3mQnHGRJI7fn7Br+voP3o1uH9pKD80jKtrSN0obUBVD =foR3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 03/18/2014 09:00 AM, Mark Lee wrote:
On 03/18/2014 04:49 AM, Rodrigo Rivas wrote:
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 2:34 AM, Mark Lee <mark@markelee.com> wrote:
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On 03/17/2014 07:54 PM, Adriano Moura wrote:
Does the same happens with speaker-test? (included in alsa-utils) Try running it like this: speaker-test -c 6
Try with "speaker-test -c 6 -D hw:0" to test with the alsa driver. The default device is "default" and it is most likely the PulseAudio driver.
Naturally, if you had more than one sound card you might need "hw:1" or "hw:2" or whatever...
If this command still does echo, then probably it is an ALSA/hardware issue. If this command does not echo, then all points to a PulseAudio issue.
-- Rodrigo
Salutations,
Interestingly when I set the speakers to stereo, I am still getting the echoing of sound content from the front speakers to the rear speakers.
Regards, Mark
Salutations, I fixed the issue, it's not with pulseaudio, it was with the bloody receiver. Turns out the receiver was using a different sound field mode when using the haswell hdmi output. It was using a sound field mode Sony calls "sports" which was echoing front speaker content to rear speakers. Setting it to a different surround sound field has fixed the issue. I apologize if this wasted anyone's time. Thanks for all the help! Regards, Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlMoXCEACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/a7OgD9GYukDZKi4Qymd4cztRgfyVIA JacWf+vyvPKv6j1//R8BAIW4Ey2qrJgA7KDNXRImASNAJRolLvIq5PhVTTHOpCV7 =HYPl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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Adriano Moura
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Kyle Terrien
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Mark Lee
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Rodrigo Rivas