[mythtv-users] DVD 5.1 sound through 6 analog outputs with internal player

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Feb 15 16:29:32 UTC 2006


On 02/15/2006 09:00 AM, Peter Kornhuld wrote:
> Mythtv now supports menus with DVD's. Thats why i want to use the internal 
> Player to watch my DVD's. The only problem is, that i cannot get the 5.1 
> sound working.
>
> I dont have SPDIF but an 6 channel analog output. (3 jack plugs . One for 
> front-stereo, one for the two surround-boxes and one for center and LFE)
>
> I searched the web and found that:
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/1104
> I don't know if that solves the problem, because the patch seems not work with 
> current svn. :( 
>
> With xine everything works fine. Does anyone have thomething like that 
> running, or know what to do?
>   
Most likely your sound device/ALSA configuration is set up for 2-channel 
output (possibly because of using a 2-channel capable plugin like 
dmix).  You need to specify a 5.1-channel device.

Mike


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