[mythtv] Useage of myth on 64bit platforms

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:50:12AM +1000, mythtv at meric.id.au wrote:
> Over the last few months, I've been encountering problems with 5.1 AC3
> DVD content (refer ticket #8792), but only when myth is configured for
> 5.1 sound.  If the frontend is configured for stereo, it all works
> perfectly.  One of my colleagues  has a more extreme version of the
> problem where all content playback is affected (not just DVD).  The
> issue is definitely relatively recent (started around the May timeframe
> for me).
> 
> What has surprised me is that no one else seems to be seeing this, and
> it just occurred to me that perhaps the issue is 64 bit related.  I can
> confirm that the two known cases of this issue are on 64 bit platforms,
> but I was wondering how many others out there are running 64 bit?  The
> other factor in common is that we both run OpenSuSE, although different
> versions (11.1 and 11.2).

Well I certainly run 64bit and have for a few years.  Unfortunately I
only have stereo speakers and hence would not have noticed any issues
with 5.1 support.  You are not alone in running 64bit though.

-- 
Len Sorensen