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Re: Crappy Ubuntu Sound

heiowge — Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:28 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:28 pm

Spoke too soon. I've had better sound, but it now tends to screw up part way through playing stuff.

Would reverting to Debian sort it, or is it a problem there also? How about Mint? I'd rather not switch from Ubuntu, but I need the sound fixed.

Re: Crappy Ubuntu Sound

heiowge — Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:02 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:02 pm

Actually, the card fixed it. And solved the crappy sound as well. If only I could get VoIP working with my friend on Vista (which works connecting to my friend using Win7 ), I'd be sorted!

Re: Crappy Ubuntu Sound

Ram — Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:39 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:39 pm

heiowge wrote:

Looks like I have no choice now. My sound drivers seem to have disappeared overnight (actually since I did ubuntu update!)

Have a read of this thread . I use it on my laptop as sound is broken, only get it with headphones plugged in. The scripts fixes it and I can't complain about the quality.

Re: Crappy Ubuntu Sound

heiowge — Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:52 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:52 am

Looks like I have no choice now. My sound drivers seem to have disappeared overnight (actually since I did ubuntu update!)

Re: Crappy Ubuntu Sound

heiowge — Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:46 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:46 pm

PCNetSpec wrote:

Which audio controller are you using at the moment?

Code:

lspci | grep audio

Result: 00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)

Ioebus - I have all those options and a few more. I have tried them all, but with no luck. At present, the best output comes from Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input

Re: Crappy Ubuntu Sound

loebus — Wed Sep 15, 2010 12:58 pm

Author: loebus

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 12:58 pm

Have you tried changing the audio profile?

�Left click volume control
�Select Sound Preferences...
�Click Hardware tab
�Select a different profile

I have these in my profile:
Analog Stereo Duplex
Analog Stereo Output
Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input
Digital Stereo Duplex
Analog Stereo Input
Off � which obviously turns the sound off!

Hope this helps!

Re: Crappy Ubuntu Sound

PCNetSpec — Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:31 am

Author: PCNetSpec

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:31 am

Which audio controller are you using at the moment?

Code:

lspci | grep audio

If the audio was OK in Windows, I'm guessing it's a driver issue with your current controller, so give the CMI8738 card a go and see if there is any improvement.

Re: Crappy Ubuntu Sound

heiowge — Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:41 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:41 am

I have sort of tried with different computer.

Basically, I've had crappy sound since 8.10, which I haven't been able to fix. I've changed to 64 bit when I got the new(er) PC, but have kept all the hardware, just changed tower.

Prior to changing to 10.04, the machine was dual booted with XP, which had no sound issues, so I have had no real reason to suspect the speakers.

***edit***

Just tried the pulseaudio equaliser, and it made the distortion worse.

Re: Crappy Ubuntu Sound

bobthebob1234 — Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:59 am

Author: bobthebob1234

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:59 am

heiowge wrote:

distorted sound

I assume you have tried the speakers with a different computer / os and they sound ok...

Re: Crappy Ubuntu Sound

loebus — Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:45 pm

Author: loebus

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:45 pm

My laptop have really week sound and therefore connected to external 2.1 speakers.

Depending on what version of ubuntu you are using you could try PulseAudio System Wide Eq. to improve the sound
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http://www.webupd8.org/2010/02/pulseaudio-system-wide-equalizer-now.html

That soundcard looks like a c-media which could output 5.1 which I had in my computer!

Crappy Ubuntu Sound

heiowge — Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:55 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:55 pm

Ok. I'm fed up with crappy distorted sound in Ubuntu. I've tried everything I know and a fair amount other people seem to think will work.

Is there a decent fix for the distorted sound I get playing music or some films?

Will installing this spare sound card I have help?