[mythtv-users] Audio problems with .20 and optiocal spdif

Paul Bender pebender at san.rr.com
Mon Oct 9 21:54:50 UTC 2006


Nathan A. Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am running a mythtv box based on Mandriva 2007 on a AMD 3200xp (Dual
> core) on an AM2 chipset.  I am attempting to get audio out to my stereo
> via an optical s/pidf cable.  When I play music/video via mythtv I am
> getting a lot of noise out of my right speaker, while sound from my left
> speaker sounds about right.  I can play audio files via mplayer (via the
> user that runs mythtv) without any issues.  Hopefully, someone can hear
> my cries for help and lend me a hand :}

 From your description, I believe that this is the following problem in 
the ALSA driver: 
<https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1596>. There 
were various patches and work-arounds. However, it was fixed by ALSA 1.0.12.


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