[mythtv-users] What's changed in MythVideo / MPlayer?

[Julian Edwards]

Phil Bridges wrote:

>After upgrading to MythTV 0.16 (using Axel's RPMs), I suddenly have no AC3
>content in my AC3-encoded AVIs.  Everything is mixed back down to
>two-channel stereo.
>
>My mplayer config file reads (thanks, Jarod):
># run full-screen
>fs=yes
># zoom image to fill the screen
>zoom=yes
># disable mplayer's usual verbosity
>really-quiet=yes
># use XVideo for video output
>vo=xv
># don't enable joystick
>nojoystick=yes
># use alsa for audio out, through spdif
>ao=alsa1x:spdif
># if ac3 audio, send raw stream to my amp, else fall back
>ac=hwac3,
>
>Looking at the verbose mode, it seems to think that there's no AC3 audio
>in the file, after finding it in the stream.  I can post parts of the
>verbose output this evening if that would be helpful.
>
>Any suggestions?
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You need ao=alsa:mmap as the mplayer devs saw fit to change the options, 
again.