[mythtv-users] DVD 5.1 sound through 6 analog outputs with internal player

Ramon Redondo malinon at gmail.com
Tue Jan 2 21:23:39 UTC 2007


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On 2/18/06, Peter Kornhuld <Webmaaschter at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Am Donnerstag, 16. Februar 2006 07:30 schrieb Chris Picton:
> > Peter Kornhuld wrote:
> > >Am Mittwoch, 15. Februar 2006 18:53 schrieb Chris Picton:
> > >>On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 18:20 +0100, Peter Kornhuld wrote:
> > >>>Am Mittwoch, 15. Februar 2006 17:29 schrieb Michael T. Dean:
> > >>>>On 02/15/2006 09:00 AM, Peter Kornhuld wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Most likely your sound device/ALSA configuration is set up for
> > >>>>2-channel output (possibly because of using a 2-channel capable
> plugin
> > >>>>like dmix).  You need to specify a 5.1-channel device.
> > >>>
> > >>>This was my first idea too, but then I found an ac3 testfile.avi
> > >>>When I play it with the internal Player it is Stereo but when I play
> it
> > >>>with xine it is 5.1.
> > >>
> > >>That's because xine is using the alsa device 'plug:surround51:0' for
> > >>surround output.
> > >>
> > >>Try specifying that as the alsa device for myth
> > >
> > >Ok, I specified "ALSA:plug:surround51:0" instead of /dev/dsp in the
> > > Settings. But it doesnt help. The testfile still only comes out Stereo
> > > with the internal Player.
> >
> > Unfortunately, that's all the help I can give.
> >
> > I only know how xine does it, but have never tried under myth
> With the new patch from
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/1104
> it works if you choose "ALSA:plug:surround51:0" instead of /dev/dsp.
>
> Thanks
>   Peter
>
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
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