RealPlayer & snd_hda_intel module not compatible?
I finally got sound working in other media players by adding "options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 model=3stack" to "etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base" as described in another post. The problem is, RealPlayer sounds awful! It's jerky and just wont play cleanly. In the past I have used aslaconf but that is not available now. Is there another configuration tool to sort out RealPlayer.
My motherboard is Asus K8V-VM & sound chip is ALC861. I did check this was Linux friendly before purchase but it hasn't worked out that way. Mepis (as always) is one of the few distros that I can get anywhere with it. Warren does keep hardware recognition ahead of all the others.
Any help would be appreciated as Realplayer is needed to listen to BBC radio streams.
Thank you for the input. I
Thank you for the input. I did a new install of 6.5 rc 1. The problem remains (even with alsa-base 1.0.14+1.0.14rc3-1) but editing the snd-hda-intel file is a much neater solution and gets sound running in all applications. However RealPlayer still doesn't play properly, its juddery and jerky. I could just use other media players but the BBC radio streams only work with RealPlayer. Is there any way to re-construct the actions of alsaconf as I think that is what I used to fix this before.
Check if aoss is installed.
Check if aoss is installed. If it is, start realplayer from console by: aoss realplay. This will channel oss sound through alsa. The intel chip does not play nice with oss, so all oss native apps may cause problems.
Also, it may help to create a file .asoundrc (WITH the dot in front) in your homedir, with the following content:
#
# ALSA - .asoundrc
#
pcm.CARD_0 {
type hw
card 0
}
ctl.CARD_0 {
type hw
card 0
}
hope this helps
EDIT
forgot to mention: if aoss does the trick, change the menu entry for realplayer to fix permanently. And after creating .asoundrc you need to logout KDE (I think....)
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I just tried these
I just tried these sugestions but no luck. I even moved the Realplayer directory and installed a new version ( RealPlayer is not in Synaptic). All to no avail. The old alsaconfig might be in other repositories - does anyone know if it would work with Mepis?
what happens when you
what happens when you temporarily disable the KDE sound system (settings > sound multimedia > sound system)? Does it work then?
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Strangely nothing changes,
Strangely nothing changes, RealPlayer is just the same and all the other media players play as well. It is if that check box has no effect.
In that case, I am out of
In that case, I am out of options 
That is, I assume you played with the realplayer options such as CPU use (tab content - playback performance) or the use of Xvideo on or off....
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where to modify snd-hda-ntel
You should add/delete/moifify snd-hda-intel options only via the snd-hda-intel file, otherwise you may end up with conflicting options.
The new alsa release (1.0.14.rc3) adds support for the alc861, so if you upgrade the alsa packages from the pool, your problem might clear up.
If you do upgrade alsa, you should remove you custom options to see if the chip is handled automatically. If that doesn't work, then you can the custom options back in.