[mythtv-users] Myth CVS + Alsa + S/PDIF

[John Sturgeon]

Nick Adams wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I'm currently using myth from CVS and are having some problems with 
> audio.
>
> I'm attempting to output all audio via spdif to my receiver. The sound 
> card is a cheapie C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 but works fine when 
> using mplayer. I assume that all the connections and hardware is 
> working fine given this.
>
> I have tried ALSA 0.9.8 and 1.0.3. In Myth I have tried setting 
> ALSA:default, ALSA:spdif, ALSA:iec958 and also tried the OSS emulation 
> mode. Nothing works :( I can immediately drop out of myth and have it 
> working with mplayer.
>
> Can anyone offer any advice?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick.
>
Let me guess.. You get a floating point exception.  Using OSS emulation 
is the only thing that works for me.  Good luck.

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