[mythtv-users] Alsa: duplicate output to SPDIF?

[Mark Wormgoor]

Hi,

You cannot connect your dvd-rom to the spdif.  Your dvd software player
will read the ac3 or dts track from your dvd.  It is up to the dvd
software player to send that sound out through the correct sound output
device, either spdif or analog.  You can use your .asoundrc and your
mplayer commandline (or /etc/mplayer.conf or ~/.oglerc) to configure that.

Kind regards,

Mark

Phill Edwards said:
> This doesn't answer your question so I apologise in advance (and it's a
> bit
> off topic). My mobo has a SPDIF connector but I don't understand how to
> connect it all up to the Liteon DVD-ROM. I asked them about this in a shop
> and they didn't have a clue about what cables I needed. Is there a special
> type of cable you need to buy to connect DVD-ROM to the SPDIF port on the
> mobo? And then when they are connected does it just automatically feed the
> sound to the on-board sound card?
>
> Regards,
> Phill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Wormgoor" <mark at wormgoor.com>
> To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 8:17 PM
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Alsa: duplicate output to SPDIF?
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am reading into alsa, but still haven't been able to find out if this
>> is
>> possible (and what plugin I would need).  I am using this .asoundrc at
>> the
>> moment: http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/DigitalSoundHowTo, which works
>> just fine.  The dvd-player (Ogle) sends output over spdif to my stereo
>> and
>> everything else goes straight to the tv.
>>
>> But... I would like to send analog signals to both my tv and my stereo,
>> so
>> I don't have to leave the tv on when I select an internet radio or an
>> mp3
>> list (and it sounds better over the stereo as well).
>>
>> I have tried this .asoundrc
>> (http://astron.berkeley.edu/~mperrin/software/.asoundrc), but it will
>> give
>> me stuttering sound on my tv (haven't listened to the stereo with this
>> yet).
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Mark
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