Nvidia CK804: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 21:15, 9 November 2011

Version	Status	Date Updated	Updated By
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810	Unknown	N/A	N/A
1004	Unknown	N/A	N/A
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Usage Information

NVidia CK804

Realtek ALC850 rev 0

on-board (ASUS A8N-E)

10de:0059

1043:812a

Analog Stereo works

S/PDIF output works with additional configuration (see below)

NVidia CK804

In the LinuxMCE admin panel under "Wizard:Devices:Media Directors" set the audio to "CK804" with "AC3 pass-through" checked for the desired Media Director.

ALSA Error

The LinuxMCE 710 ALSA package has an error in the file

/usr/share/alsa/cards/NFORCE.conf

Change line 194, to be

device 0

instead of device 1

This has been fixed in Linuxmce 810 and now shows correct device number

asound.state

no change needed

asound.conf

no change needed

xine.conf

Make the following change to /etc/pluto/xine.conf
Change "#audio.speaker_arrangement:Stereo 2.0"
To read "audio.speaker_arrangement:Pass Through"

If you still do not have success with your CK804 chip, but the KDE sounds come out just fine, change /etc/pluto/xine.conf Change "audio.alsa_front_device:asym_spdif" To read "audio.alsa_front_device:default"

Troubleshooting

If you don't have S/PDIF or HDMI sound check following:

Digital sound is disabled by default. Run alsamix and unmute it (IEC958)

aplay -l - display all playback devices. You should see digital one(s) - IEC958

aplay -L - should display S/PDIF or/and HDMI. If you don't see them try to install the newest version of ALSA and maybe nVidia drivers if you use nVidia card. Here is a script to upgrade ALSA automatically from the sources - ALSA upgrade script.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[Category: Hardware]]
+[[Category:Soundcards]]
+{{versioninfo}}
+{| align="right"
+  | __TOC__
+  |}
 [[Category: Audio]]
-[[Category: Hardware Lists]]
-'''''This page is obsolete, please use a single page for each piece of hardware and add it to the relevant categories as described here: [[Adding your own hardware]]'''''
+: NVidia CK804
+: Realtek ALC850 rev 0
+: on-board (ASUS&nbsp;A8N-E)
+: 10de:0059
+: 1043:812a
+: Analog Stereo works
+:S/PDIF output works with additional configuration (see below)
-== This is a list of sound cards and our experiences with them ==
-{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
+==NVidia CK804==
-! Card
+In the LinuxMCE admin panel under "Wizard:Devices:Media Directors" set the audio to "CK804" with "AC3 pass-through" checked for the desired Media Director.
-! Chip
+===ALSA Error===
-! Type
+The LinuxMCE 710 ALSA package has an error in the file
-! PCI ID
+ /usr/share/alsa/cards/NFORCE.conf
-! Subsystem
-! Notes
+Change line 194, to be
-|-
+ device 0
-| Creative Audigy Value
- Creative Audigy LS
+instead of device 1
-| Unknown
-| PCI
-| ?
+This has been fixed in Linuxmce 810 and now shows correct device number
-| ?
-| Analog Stereo
-S/PDIF: PCM, AC3/DTS passthrough
-This card works fully. However, it need some setup. It lacks a hardware sound mixer, so a sound mixer has to be provided in software. Until this is done, Appserver and Myth will not start up under LMCE.
-|-
-|-
-| VIA 8237
-| Realtek ALC655 rev 0
-| on-board
-| 1106:3059
-| 1565:8212
-| Analog Stereo
-S/PDIF: PCM, AC3/DTS passthrough
-|-
-| HDA NVidia
-| Analog Devices AD1986A
-| on-board (ASUS&nbsp;M2NPV-VM)
-| 10DE:026C
-| 10DE:CB84
-| Analog Stereo: this driver is 5.1 native, not stereo. One of the speakers probably gets the LFE and that gives a high pitched sound in the headphones
-S/PDIF: PCM, AC3/DTS passthrough
-|-
-| Intel ICH5
-| Analog Devices AD1888
-| on-board
-| 8086:24D5
-| 1043:810D
-| Analog Stereo
-S/PDIF: PCM, AC3/DTS passthrough
-|-
-| SB Live [Unknown]
-| SigmaTel STAC9708,11
-| PCI
-| 1102:0002
-| 1102:8067
-| Analog Stereo works
-S/PDIF is not reliable. At first, there was no S/PDIF output, but, at some point, passthrough started working, but not PCM. On another variation of this card (different subsystem), PCM worked (but not passthrough) after enabling the AC97 loopback (snd-ac97-codec module parameter) and unmuting the ADC/DAC control in alsamixer, but not on this one. When trying to play PCM through S/PDIF, this card clicks once every few seconds (once S/PDIF started to work that is) until the playing is stopped.
-|-
-| NVidia CK804
-| Realtek ALC850 rev 0
-| on-board (ASUS&nbsp;A8N-E)
-| 10de:0059
-| 1043:812a
-| Analog Stereo works
-S/PDIF output works with additional configuration (see below)
-|-
-|}
-==NVidia CK804==
-In the pluto-admin website under "Wizard:Devices:Media Directors" set the audio to "Manual settings" with "AC3 pass-through" checked for the desired Media Director.
 ===asound.state===
-Info to come
+no change needed
 ===asound.conf===
-Info to come
+no change needed
 ===xine.conf===
 Make the following change to /etc/pluto/xine.conf<br>
@@ Line 82: / Line 42: @@
 Change "audio.alsa_front_device:asym_spdif"
 To read "audio.alsa_front_device:default"
+== Troubleshooting ==
+If you don't have S/PDIF or HDMI sound check following:
+* Digital sound is disabled by default. Run alsamix and unmute it (IEC958)
+* aplay -l - display all playback devices. You should see digital one(s) - IEC958
+* aplay -L - should display S/PDIF or/and HDMI. If you don't see them try to install the newest version of ALSA and maybe nVidia drivers if you use nVidia card. Here is a script to upgrade ALSA automatically from the sources - [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1046137 ALSA upgrade script].