[mythtv-users] Setting the right audio device in mythtv

[Nick]

On 14/10/06, Nathan A. Smith <nasa01 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to get my audio to work (still....)  and have gotten to this
> point.
>
> The following commands produce sound as expected:
>
> mplayer -ao alsa -ac hwac3 bjorn_lynne-secret_world_\(surround_version
> \).ac3
> speaker-test -Dplug:iec958 -c6
> aplay -Dplug:dmix english.au
> mplayer Music/Country/Shania\ Twain* -ao alsa:device=plughw=dmix
> mplayer Music/Country/* -ao alsa:device=plughw=iec958
>
> in addition I can use -Dplug=default.
>
> But putting any of those devices (dmix, iec958, default) in the general
> settings dialog produces errors from
> unknown PCM
> to
> "no such file or directory"

Did you use:

ALSA:iec958 or ALSA:default?

Nick

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