----- Original Message ----- From: "-mp" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:19 PM Subject: Re: Repost: FC3: Static on VIA AC97 Audio Controller > On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 19:20, Ken Barber wrote: > > On Wednesday 17 November 2004 8:01 am, Philip A. Chapman wrote: > > > I have a laptop which has a VIA Tech sound chip. The Chip is identified > > > as "VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC Audio Controller" in /etc/sysconfig/hwconfig. > > > The snd-via82xx module is being used for this chip. > > > > > > When I play .ogg files through winamp or ogg123, I get sound that is low > > > volume and has a lot of static. > > > > I don't know whether or not this is the same issue I see with my audio card. > > I had loud hissing, starting with FC2. > > > > In the audio mixer, there are two inputs called IEC958 or something like that. > > Turning off the second one stopped the hissing. > > > > If you cannot control the volume with the Gnome mixer, try using KDE and see > > if KMix works any better. You may (or may not) be willing to switch to KDE, > > but it's worth trying as a troubleshooting step. One strange thing I have noticed with the AC-97 card I have is that I had problems playing files like wav files on the pcm 1 channel, but as soon as I turned pcm 1 down to 0 and pcm 2 up to 75 or better the wav files played fine. Not sure what the deal is, but something is screwed.
