[mythtv-users] OSS -vs- ALSA sound

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Thursday, Oct 2, 2003, at 02:17 US/Pacific, Ian Forde wrote:

>> So just to make sure I understand. This implements ac3 passthru so 
>> that my
>> Creative Desktop Theatre amp will use the ac3 signal to properly play 
>> the
>> audio to my 5.1 speakers.
>
> Correct.  It also sends regular stereo PCM output (often encoded with
> Dolby Prologic for some broadcast shows) through the same channel.  My
> receiver can autodetect the encoding and switch to the appropriate 
> mode.
>
>> Is there an easy way to use this with Xine, or Ogle, or say Mythvideo 
>> (or was
>> that MythDVD, I can't remember).
>
> Well, in Xine, you have to configure it in the setup.  In Ogle, there's
> a section in the config file that you should uncomment if you want it 
> to
> work.  Let me know if you want a copy of mine and I'll post it
> (compressed, of course) to the list...

For mplayer, the default viewer in MythVideo and MythDVD, I just added 
'-ao alsa9' to the command line. Works great for me on my Audigy, and 
like Ian said, anything and everything plays out the digital coax 
connection to my Yamaha amp, which also like Ian's, switches on the fly 
to handle whatever gets thrown at it.

--Jarod

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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