[mythtv-users] Asus Pundit Audio Problems

Kenneth Ljungh kenneth at klj.servebeer.com
Sat Apr 10 17:46:35 EDT 2004


Well, I'm using the 3 stereo jacks to output 5.1 channels but what I did 
to get it working was first enabling it using the alsa mixer and then 
also enabling it for xine (through on screen menu) or mplayer (config 
file option channels=6)

Kenneth

Dave Stocker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Been searching through the archives and seen mention of this same
> hardware but nothing has seemed to make a difference yet. I am using an
> Asus Pundit with an Asus TV FM card and have a couple problems with the
> onboard audio (SIS SI7012, chip reports as Realtek ALC650 rev 2). 
> 
> The audio out from the TV card is hooked into the motherboard's CD-in
> jack. I have muted the CD-IN under ALSA and set it to be CAPTUR. When
> watching live TV or a recording from live TV the audio is filled with
> static/interference. I can faintly hear the actual audio from the
> channel if I turn the volume way up on the receiver.Using xawtv and
> aplay /dev/dsp seems to work fine. Another topic said this problem can
> be caused if the soundcard is not full duplex. Searching for specs on
> this card, some say it is and some say it isn't. Does anyone know for
> sure?
> 
> The second problem is that I can't seem to get the card to output in
> 5.1. I have the Optical SPDIF output hooked into a receiver and the
> receiver only seems to detect 2 channels no matter what options I set in
> myth or for the dvd player (tried both xine and mplayer). Could be some
> ALSA configuration options I am missing. I have never played with 5.1
> through a computer before.
> 
> Sorry if these have been answered before, I did search the archives
> first. These may be more ALSA issues then myth TV issues but I figured I
> would post here as there seem to be more Pundit users here.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
>  
> 
> 
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