Anybody try a Total Bithead with Linux?
Jul 5, 2008 at 11:48 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 11
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I'm looking into various amps for my future headphones, and it appears that getting one with a DAC built in may be beneficial to me, because I will not have to buy a DAC and an amp. My question is this: has anybody tried a Total Bithead with Linux? Specifically, has anybody tried a Total Bithead with Ubuntu?
 
Jul 6, 2008 at 2:00 AM Post #3 of 11
Alright, sweet! I guess I could probably ask exactly how to set it up in Ubuntu Forums. Thanks!
 
Jul 6, 2008 at 2:33 PM Post #4 of 11
There really isn't anything to set up, almost every usb dac uses a standard usb audio streaming protocol, it's like a normal pendrive, they're standard drivers so you just plug it in and it works.

All you might have to do is select the dac as your primary card instead of your internal sound card (if any) which can be done in audio settings (system>preferences>hardware>audio if I'm not mistaken).
 
Jul 6, 2008 at 4:30 PM Post #5 of 11
The total bithead usb dac works in ubuntu and xubuntu hardy heron
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Jul 6, 2008 at 11:29 PM Post #6 of 11
Sweet! Thanks, guys, for all the reassurance. Now all that's left is saving up for it.
 
Jul 12, 2008 at 1:51 AM Post #8 of 11
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Originally Posted by insyte /img/forum/go_quote.gif
The only thing that doesn't work for me right now is mplayer. I don't know how to get it to use the usb dac.


On my system:
Code:

Code: 
[left]mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=2.0 /path/to/media/file[/left]

It's likely that on your system the device name for bithead is going to be different (perhaps hw=1.0).
 
Jul 12, 2008 at 10:31 AM Post #9 of 11
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Originally Posted by fwojciec /img/forum/go_quote.gif
On my system:
Code:

Code: 
[left]mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=2.0 /path/to/media/file[/left]

It's likely that on your system the device name for bithead is going to be different (perhaps hw=1.0).


When you have USB device attached, take a look at both of the following files:

/proc/asound/modules
/proc/asound/card

Your default sound card, if any would appear at device 0 while the USB audio would be device 1. You would them modify the mplayer command to use "hw=1" or "hw=0". Being a command line jockey in Linux, I'm sure you'll get the idea and figure out the right device to use.
 
Jul 12, 2008 at 10:42 AM Post #10 of 11
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Originally Posted by phuque /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Your default sound card, if any would appear at device 0 while the USB audio would be device 1. You would them modify the mplayer command to use "hw=1" or "hw=0".


You can also use the name shown in /proc/asound/cards with "plughw=name" syntax (For USB cards the name is generally "default")
 
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