Re: envy24ht: M-Audio Revolution 5.1 broken (FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT/AMD64)

Konstantin Dimitrov wrote:
Oliver, after mixer(8) can change the volume, that means the
snd_envy24ht can write to and control the DAC (AK4358) on the Revo 5.1
and so that silent sound is the maximum volume that the hardware
(Envy24GT+AK4358) can provide, because when do 'mixer vol 100', it set
the AK4358 to the maximum volume, 'mixer pcm' do nothing at the
moment, so when you do 'mixer pcm 0' or 'mixer pcm 100' nothing should
change.

i made new version, so when 'mixer pcm' is used, volume will be
changed in software and when 'mixer vol' is used, like before, volume
will be changed in hardware (in the DAC), i don't know how it will
behave, but as usual the new code is here:

http://envy24.svobodno.com/driver/envy24ht/current/envy24ht.c

and you can test it and report back the results ...

P.S.
Oliver, if you willing to help me gathering more info about the Revo
5.1 hardware, when i have more time for that i will mail you with some
instructions.

On 2/17/07, O. Hartmann <ohartman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Konstantin Dimitrov wrote:
you can't change the volume at all and no matter what value you use,
e.g. 0, 50, 100, always the same very silent sound going out or when
use 0 you can mute the sound, when you use 100 the sound is very
silent, but not as much silent as when you use 50 ?

On 2/17/07, O. Hartmann <ohartman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Konstantin Dimitrov wrote:
Oliver, seems like the init data for Revo 5.1 are wrong, that is
why
the sound is badly distorted, until now i haven't had access to
Revo
5.1 hardware for tests, so it's somehow expected problem, but with
several trials and errors we should be able to find the right init
data, so get the first slightly modified version from here:

http://envy24.svobodno.com/driver/envy24ht/current/envy24ht.c

rebuild and report back the result ...

On 2/17/07, O. Hartmann <ohartman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Mr. Darren wrote:
Does anyone have this working at the moment? I can't
seem to play any audio. Can't open /dev/dsp0.0! and
so forth.
-Darren
%uname -a
FreeBSD DARREN 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Fri
Feb 16 22:40:32 UTC 2007
root@DARREN:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DARREN amd64

FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit)
Installed devices:
pcm0: <Envy24 audio (M Audio Audiophile 2496)> at io
0x9800:32,0x9400:16,0x9000:16,0x8c00:64 irq 18
(5p/3r/1v channels duplex default)
%ls /dev/dsp*
/dev/dsp0.0 /dev/dsp0.5 /dev/dsp0.p1 /dev/dsp0.r1
/dev/dspW0.2 /dev/dspW0.7
/dev/dsp0.1 /dev/dsp0.6 /dev/dsp0.p2 /dev/dsp0.r2
/dev/dspW0.3 /dev/dspW0.8
/dev/dsp0.2 /dev/dsp0.7 /dev/dsp0.p3 /dev/dsp0.v0
/dev/dspW0.4
/dev/dsp0.3 /dev/dsp0.8 /dev/dsp0.p4 /dev/dspW0.0
/dev/dspW0.5
/dev/dsp0.4 /dev/dsp0.p0 /dev/dsp0.r0 /dev/dspW0.1
/dev/dspW0.6
%ls /dev/audio*
/dev/audio0.0 /dev/audio0.2 /dev/audio0.4
/dev/audio0.6 /dev/audio0.8
/dev/audio0.1 /dev/audio0.3 /dev/audio0.5
/dev/audio0.7
%





Just half an hour ago I got my new M-Audio Revolution 5.1:

pcm0: <Envy24GT audio (M-Audio Revolution 5.1)> port
0xec00-0xec1f,0xe880-0xe8ff
irq 18 at device 8.0 on pci4
pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pcm0: system configuration
SubVendorID: 0x1412, SubDeviceID: 0x3631
XIN2 Clock Source: 49.152MHz(192kHz*256)
MPU-401 UART(s) #: not implemented
ADC #: 1
DAC #: 3
Multi-track converter type: I2S(with volume, 192KHz support,
24bit
resolution,
ID#0x0)
S/PDIF(IN/OUT): 0/1 ID# 0x00
GPIO(mask/dir/state): 0x3fff85/0x4000fa/0x72


Box is based on ASUS A8N32-SLI, AMD64 running FreeBSD
7.0-CURRENT/AMD64
(no 32Bit compatibility), SCHED_ULE, PREEMPTION, driver
snd_envy24ht
hardwired into the kernel.
I'm able to start sound playing via VLC or mplayer and I can hear
something that sounds like the music I expected to hear but it is
highly
distorted and scrambled.
After a while sound dies, comes back for a second and then
disappear
again ...


Regards Oliver
Hello Konstantin,
I applied the patch - and it works, half the way. Sound is now
playing
undistorted, but it is very, very silent, I need the amplifier of my
HiFi rack to amplify the sound input at a very high level.
Changing volume via 'mixer' command doesn't help:

hartmann: mixer
Mixer vol is currently set to 100:100
Mixer treble is currently set to 0:0
Mixer synth is currently set to 0:0
Mixer pcm is currently set to 100:100
Mixer speaker is currently set to 0:0
Mixer line is currently set to 100:100
Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0
Mixer cd is currently set to 0:0
Mixer mix is currently set to 0:0


Every mixer-reachable instance is pumped up to 100%, the others,
synth
for example, aren't configured and return with a notice about that
fact:

hartmann: mixer synth 100
Setting the mixer synth from 0:0 to 100:100.
mixer: WRITE_MIXER: Device not configured
hartmann: mixer vol 100
Setting the mixer vol from 100:100 to 100:100.
hartmann:


Well, it is really impressive how fast you answered, thanks.

Regards,
Oliver

Konstantin, the volume level is really silent compared to the output
level of the onboard AC97 codec or the Creative Audigy SE/LS (with OSS
driver, not working anymore in FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT).
My amplification facility of the HiFi equipment is set to half full
amplification and normally this would blast my neighbour's ears ;-) But
with the M-Audio Revo 5.1 it is just 'silent', just for smooth
listening. It is definitely too silent.
I can mute with 0 and half the volume by setting mixer/pcm/volume level
to 50 or yield another percentage setting any value 0 < X <= 100, X for
volume/percentage.
I use the green outlet for my HiFi facility.

If you expect me test anything for you, let me know.

Regards,
Oliver

Hello Konstantin.
All right, I'll test the new code.
The problem I described is then a low outputlevel of the soundhardware?
Strange, could the hardware be defective? The audiocard is brandnew.

Well, feel free sending me instructions. If I can be of help, I'll do my
best.

Regards,
Oliver
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