[mythtv-users] AC3 and/or S/PDIF (again)

[Chad]

On 1/19/06, Adam Propeck <adam at propeck.com> wrote:
> I'm having something similar that's driving me batty. I tried to switch to
> /dev/adsp for my sound device, but it can't initialize audio when I do that.
> If I keep /dev/dsp as the sound device and enable passthrough, I get
> horrible noises eminating from my receiver. I've got a Sound Blaster Audigy
> 2 and I'm going from 1/8" phono plug to RCA to my receiver's Coax digital
> input. I've successfully used this method from my Windows computer in the
> past to send digital audio. What am I doing wrong?
>
>
> On 1/18/06, William Lewis <minutemaidpark at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > This is a new one for me...
> >
> > I am running subversion from yesterday, and I cannot for the life of me
> get
> > S/PDIF to send a 5.1 signal to my receiver.  Xine works fine.  Mplayer
> works
> > fine with Myth recordings.  But Myth does strange things.  When I start a
> > program, it may stutter then go out for ten seconds then start back up for
> a
> > couple of seconds.  If I turn off AC3 pass through, then everything works
> > fine, but it's only two channel sound.  Any help would be most
> appreciated,
> > because this is driving me insane.
> >
> > Thanks in advance, and I'd be more than happy to provide more information
> if
> > it will help.
> > Will Lewis
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________

To both of you, when I finally broke down and used Myth's internal
alsa controls, everything went smooth from there.  My Audio Output
Device is:
ALSA:default

You can use something similar, maybe ALSA:spdif

Good Luck!

Chad