Repost: FC3: Static on VIA AC97 Audio Controller

[Ken Barber]

On Wednesday 17 November 2004 8:01 am, Philip A. Chapman wrote:
> I have a laptop which has a VIA Tech sound chip.  The Chip is identified
> as "VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC Audio Controller" in /etc/sysconfig/hwconfig.
> The snd-via82xx module is being used for this chip.
>
> When I play .ogg files through winamp or ogg123, I get sound that is low
> volume and has a lot of static. 

I don't know whether or not this is the same issue I see with my audio card.  
I had loud hissing, starting with FC2.

In the audio mixer, there are two inputs called IEC958 or something like that.  
Turning off the second one stopped the hissing.

If you cannot control the volume with the Gnome mixer, try using KDE and see 
if KMix works any better.  You may (or may not) be willing to switch to KDE, 
but it's worth trying as a troubleshooting step.

Hope this helps,

Ken