[mythtv-users] Myth/spdif no audio, mplayer works fine

[John Patrick Poet]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Christopher Ruppel wrote:

>
> --- John Patrick Poet <john at BlueSkyTours.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have AC3 passthrough turned on, and currently have
> > ALSA:iec958 in the
> > driver box.  I have also tried ALSA:default, and I
> > have even tried
> > ALSA:cards.pcm.iec958.  Myth does not complain about
> > any of those
> > setting, it just doesn't work.
> >
>
> You may have already tried this combo but what works
> for me is to put ALSA:spdif in the driver box, have
> AC3 passthrough turned on and internal volume controls
> disabled.  It wouldn't work for me until I disabled
> internal volume controls but that's not an issue with
> me since I use my receiver to control volume.
>
> Chris

Thanks for the tip.  Unfortnately, I already had internal volume controls
disabled.

John