Re: [orca-list] getting orca to work from soundcard #1 and audio from card #2

[Christopher Moore <chris w1gm gmail com>]

Andy,
Sounds like pulseaudio isn't supporting your m-audio card.  I have a 
similar problem on my system.  You should check the ubuntu forums to see 
if someone has found a way to get the card to work.

Chris

On 5/12/2011 7:46 PM, Andy B. wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I use speech dispatcher with pulseaudio in gnome 2.3.2. I have a built
> in realtek AC’97 audio card and a M-Audio Delta 1010LT. I am trying to
> get Orca to use the AC’97 audio card which it already does (probably
> because Ubuntu tagged it as the default sound card). Since that is set
> up, I am now trying to get any other audio like system sounds and media
> like mp3 files and movies/video to play out of the Delta 1010LT. I have
> noticed the following:
>
>    1. In System>preferences>sound, the card is listed as “Internal PCI 1
>       in/1 out 24bit duplex audio”
>    2. When I go to the hardware tab, both cards are listed with profiles
>       that I can use for sound. None of the Delta profiles work.
>    3. When I go to the output and input tabs, both cards are listed with
>       checkboxes next to them. When I try to check both of them, the
>       other one gets unchecked and I hear no sound.
>    4. When I go to the applications tab, I get a message in the window
>       that says “No audio is currently playing” and the only thing I can
>       control volume and mute for is speech dispatcher.
>    5. There seems to be no other way of getting the Delta card to work.
>
> Any ideas on how to get this thing to work? I know Ubuntu people say
> that OSS is no longer supported and that we need to find some different
> way of doing this.
>
> I’m totally stuck and it is starting to turn me off to linux/ubuntu.
>
>
>
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