[mythtv-users] Digital sound

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/24/06 15:55, Frank Armstrong wrote:

>  On 10/24/06, James Oltman <cnlibmyth at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/24/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 10/24/06 11:18, Frank Armstrong wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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?
> >>
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > # - "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"
> >
> > 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.
>
>
>
>  Even with those errors corrected...i still get no sound.
>

I wasn't asking about the line breaks--I assumed that was because of 
your e-mail client.  If that's not the case, you really need to ensure 
the file is exactly as shown in the wiki.

I was asking if you did what the comments said to do--i.e. define the 
appropriate card and device information for the "analog-hw" and 
"digital-hw" devices.  (Using that ALSA configuration file takes more 
than just copy/paste--you have to read the comments--i.e. 
instructions--too.)

Mike