[mythtv-users] SBLive + ALSA + AC3 question

[gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)]

Brian Stults wrote:
> If I remember correctly, 1.0.7 also gave me a terrible, shrill noise 
> rather than the proper audio, but upgrading to 1.0.8 fixed it.

kewl, i'll have to check it out and see ... didn't want to go through 
the work if someone else could confirm it didn't work :) ... do you use 
xine or mplayer for movies?  do you have problems with it "sticking" in 
AC3 mode?  i'm running from the coax out (via Hoontech Digitial I/O 
daughterboard) on my SBLive to my receiver and sometimes after quitting 
xine, the receiver still says "Dolby D" even if i try to play a stereo 
movie (or mp3z, etc) ... then, i get no sound from anything but AC3 
movies ... it doesn't always happen, so i can't fully explain how to 
reproduce...

my ASUS mobo has an onboard sound card w/ coax out, but i haven't had 
any better luck with it (last tried ALSA 1.0.5, iirc).. can't recall 
what onboard sound card it was or what driver it used, either, but it'd 
free up some expansion slots if i could use that :S

thx for the input :)
-g-