[mythtv-users] Best audio crard for AC3/DTS over SPIDF

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Thu Oct 20 21:36:05 EDT 2005


Greg Whalin wrote:

> I currently have a Shuttle w/ A7N8X-Delux (nforce2) mboard and a 
> direct coax digital connection over spidf to my receiver (Sony 
> STR-DE995).  PCM 2 channel works great.  However, I am unable to use 
> AC3 or DTS passthrough in myth, xine, or mplayer.  When I try, I get a 
> "Decode Error" on my receiver and no audio.  I have done quite a bit 
> of poking around, and the more I read, this seems like an issue w/ 
> alsa driver for this chipset.  Rumour has it that the nvidia OSS 
> driver allows for passthrough over spidf, but from what I am reading, 
> sounds fairly buggy, and the thought of going back to OSS does not 
> sound like what I want.
>
> So, I am now thinking about buying a new sound card and am looking for 
> the best supported (under Alsa) which will get me coax spidf 
> supporting PCM, and AC3/DTS passthrough.

For optical SPDIF I use a Turtle Beach Riviera which is still offered at 
Newegg for like $25.  Not sure if that helps since you say you use 
coaxial SPDIF currently.

Kevin


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