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Author:  m00sely [ Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:19 pm ]
Post subject:  How do I change the default soundcard?
I have onboard sound and a soundblaster live soundcard.
I want the sound to come out of the soundblaster. Alsaconf allows me to change over to the soundblaster but this isnt permanent. I have to run alsaconf after every reboot.
How to I make the soundblaster the default card?
Author:  borgednow [ Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How do I change the default soundcard?
m00sely wrote:
I have onboard sound and a soundblaster live soundcard.
I want the sound to come out of the soundblaster. Alsaconf allows me to change over to the soundblaster but this isnt permanent. I have to run alsaconf after every reboot.
How to I make the soundblaster the default card?


Can you disable the onboard sound in the bios? I can't remember if my machines let me do that or not. I know I can disable the serial/parallel ports though.
Author:  m00sely [ Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:09 am ]
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Yea, I've now disabled onboard sound. It hasnt automatically changed over to using the soundblaster. I still have to run alsaconf.
Author:  borgednow [ Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:26 pm ]
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m00sely wrote:
Yea, I've now disabled onboard sound. It hasnt automatically changed over to using the soundblaster. I still have to run alsaconf.


For some reason, the system is still thinking that the onboard one is the active one.

I'm reading some posts by tjc on this.
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... t=alsaconf
tjc wrote:
Have you corrected your audio devices under the Settings menu in the GUI?



If that doesn't help, try the other suggestions by tjc in that thread.
Author:  m00sely [ Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:09 pm ]
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Thanks, its works now, although I am not sure exactly what i did to get it to work.
Author:  m00sely [ Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:37 am ]
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I thought I had fixed it but i hadnt. But i have now got it working.
I created /etc/asound.conf with

Code:
pcm.!default {
    type hw
    card Live
}
ctl.!default {
    type hw
    card Live
}

I got this from the alsa wiki http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?title=FAQ026
EDIT:for some reason i now have to make mplayer use oss instead of alsa. VLC works with both alsa and oss
Author:  mjl [ Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:26 am ]
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Hi,

Based on budget limits, I also use older hardware :) On the Dell GX1 sound isn't happy either so I simply put a modprobe snd-cs4236 in the bottom of the ./etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh It seems to be fine on every boot / reboot.

You can obtain the driver required by reading the fine print when you run alsaconf.

Mike
Author:  weblst [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:17 am ]
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I use 2 sound cards one onboard for 2 channel audio and another with optical out. I put options snd_intel8x0 index=1 in /etc/modpobe.d/intel8x0 (which I created) and it changed the priority/index/whatever. Good little hack for those with multiple sound cards me thinks. Hope this helps.
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