[mythtv-users] Digital sound

[Frank Armstrong]

On 10/24/06, James Oltman <cnlibmyth at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 10/24/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
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> > On 10/24/06 11:18, Frank Armstrong wrote:
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> > > I've upgraded to myth .20...and i had analog sound but no digital
> > > sound via myth.  I could select a file and play it through xine and
> > > sound went out via spdif no problem...but not in myth so i altered my
> > > .asound.conf file with what you see below and now i have no sound at
> > > all.  Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?  Thanks
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > ##### IMPORTANT #####
> > > # To make this ALSA configuration file work with your sound card, you
> > > will need
> > > # to define the appropriate card and device information for the
> > > "analog-hw" and
> > > # "digital-hw" devices below.  You can find the card and device
> > > information
> > > # using "aplay -l".
> > >
> >
> > You did this?
> >
> > Mike
> >
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> There's also a section up top that has the same error.  I'm assuming it's
> an error in the .asound and not with his email client:
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> #  - "digital" outputs to the digital output directly.  Since most (all?)
> #  digital outputs expect 48kHz PCM audio, this may not work for some
> playback
> #  (i.e. CD's--which are 44.1kHz PCM audio--or 32kHz audio streams from
> TV
> #  recordings, etc.).
> #  - "mixed-digital"
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> the TV should have a # in front otherwise .sound will not work correctly.
> I had the same problem with copying my entire asound.conf into vi using
> SHIFT+INSERT.  It would miss the first # sign on the first line and get
> screwy.
>
> Jim
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Even with those errors corrected...i still get no sound.
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