I have a Logitech G430 headset, that comes with 7.1 surround sound.
On Windows 7, I have the Logitech Gaming Software installed, which allows me to have surround sound on my headset.
I was wondering whether there was a Ubuntu method to allow me to get surround sound on my headset, becuase the methods I have tried haven't worked =(
Any tips?
Best Answer
This site helped me out with that same question. I'm using the Logitech G930 headset. Edit the PulseAudio daemon.conf file by opening a terminal and enter:
gksu gedit /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
And search for: default-sample-channels. Remove ";" from the begining of the line, and instead of "= 2", change it to the number of speakers your system has. For instance if you have a 5.1 system, the number should be 6, for a 7.1 system: 8 and so on. This is how that line used to look before you made any changes:
; default-sample-channels = 2
And this is how it's supposed to look after:
default-sample-channels = 8
killall pulseaudio && pulseaudio
alsamixer
speaker-test -c 8
Again, replace the number with your number of speakers.
source: http://www.webupd8.org/2009/06/enable-surround-sound-in-ubuntu-linux.html