[mythtv-users] [ICH/i8x0 | Problems getting SPDIF Out Working -Help!]

Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists) michael-mlists at cheshire.id.au
Tue Dec 28 23:37:46 UTC 2004


So you put hw:0,0 in the device field in mythmusic?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Brannigan" <bryan.brannigan at gmail.com>
To: "Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists)" <michael-mlists at cheshire.id.au>
Cc: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [ICH/i8x0 | Problems getting SPDIF Out
Working -Help!]


> hw:0,0 and hw:0,4 - both seem to work with the same results.
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:22:31 +1030, Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists)
> <michael-mlists at cheshire.id.au> wrote:
>> What output device did you use?? ALSA:digital?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bryan Brannigan" <bryan.brannigan at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [ICH/i8x0 | Problems getting SPDIF Out
>> Working -Help!]
>>
>> >I had to turn "IEC958 Playback" all the way down to zero to get it to
>> > play anything Myth related.. using alsamixer.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:55:35 +1030, Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists)
>> > <michael-mlists at cheshire.id.au> wrote:
>> >> Howdy,
>> >>
>> >> I am wondering if anybody can point me in the right direction to help
>> >> me
>> >> get
>> >> my digital out working properly.
>> >>
>> >> I have trawled websites and mailing lists for info in asound.conf's
>> >> etc
>> >> etc
>> >> and have played with this for a fair while.
>> >>
>> >> I am running Fedora Core 2 with kernel 2.6.9-1.6_FC2, along with
>> >> mythtv
>> >> and
>> >> its associated bits installed from rpm from atrpms.net.
>> >>
>> >> My system is an Open XCube, which has an intel ICH (i8x0) sound card
>> >> with
>> >> optical digital out.
>> >>
>> >> If I use the asound.conf found here
>> >> http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/DigitalSoundHowTo , subsituting hw:0,2
>> >> for
>> >> hw:0,4 becuase my digital out appears to be on device 4 :
>> >>
>> >> [root at mythtv root]# aplay -l
>> >> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
>> >> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH5]
>> >>  Subdevices: 1/1
>> >>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>> >> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH5 -
>> >> IEC958]
>> >>  Subdevices: 1/1
>> >>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>> >> [root at mythtv root]#
>> >>
>> >> Now this is where it gets a little wierd : If I attempt to play
>> >> anything
>> >> back through plug:digital, I get nothing out the optical out at all.
>> >>
>> >> I created a stereo 48000hz file and tried using aplay to play directly
>> >> to
>> >> hw:0,4 :
>> >>
>> >> #aplay -D hw:0,4 /video/music/test.wav
>> >>
>> >> I get nothing.
>> >>
>> >> Just for the heck of it, I tried
>> >>
>> >> #aplay -D hw:0,0 /video/music/test.wav
>> >>
>> >> and SOUND STARTED PLAYING THROUGH MY DIGITAL OUT???
>> >>
>> >> Interestingly  :
>> >>
>> >> #aplay -D analog /video/music/test.wav
>> >>
>> >> Works fine through my digital output also ???
>> >>
>> >> But it wont play anything except 48000hz stereo files so I'm assuming
>> >> something is broken or not working with dmix here.
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone know if there is there some default Fedora Core 2 stuff
>> >> that
>> >> I
>> >> should be aware of in regards to all of this?
>> >>
>> >> I basically want to use my digital out for playing music through
>> >> Mythmusic
>> >> so I need to get the dmix plugin working so it will upsample from
>> >> 44100hz
>> >> mp3s.
>> >>
>> >> Hopefully someone can suggest something to try here?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> Michael.
>> >>
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