alsa and 5.1 surround sound

[Daniel Dalton <daniel.dalton@iinet.net.au>]

Hi,

How can I set up alsa to use surround sound?
So all my gui media players use 5.1 and mplayer?

Thanks for any help!

Cheers,

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Daniel Dalton

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