[ATrpms-users] vlc output distorted

[John Pilkington]

On 13/02/12 11:56, John Pilkington wrote:

>
> Maybe this is related in some way to what I see on my SL6/KDE laptop.
> During boot I get a 'Notification from Phonon' that my audio device does
> not work and it's falling back to pulse server. After that, sound,
> through the headphone socket to a stereo system, is fine in both Myth
> and vlc. Then, when I shutdown, the system shutdown sound sounds as if
> it's coming through a chopper.
>
> lspci shows:
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition
> Audio Controller (rev 01)
>
> John P

Sorry:  I intended to add:

In vlc the audio device selector is greyed out.

In Myth at present the audio scan shows several possibilities.  At 
present I'm using

ALSA:surround51:CARD=Intel, DEV=0 and speaker arrangement is stereo.

HTH

John P