[mythtv-users] No MythTV volume control when using S/PDIF

[Brian Stults]

Donavan Stanley wrote:
> On 7/24/05, Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Is this normal or have I done something wrong? If it is normal could
>>someone please briefly explain why. I'm assuming it's something to do
>>with the audio signal now being passed straight from one piece of
>>hardware (the S/PDIF connector on the MythTV box) to another (the
>>receiver) so there's no opportunity for software to interfere with the
>>volume settings. Is that correct?
> 
> 
> Correct.


I believe what you say, but if that's true, I don't understand why I am
able to control the volume coming out of my SPDIF using alsamixer.
Could you explain this?

Thanks.