[mythtv-users] I don't want to use the frontend program (I don't think?)

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/02/2007 08:44 AM, jack snodgrass wrote:
> couple of things on VLC that keep me using it over the internal player:
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> 1) Support for ALSA:surround51. I like to use my 5.1, analog speakers to hear
> the 5.1 surround sound stream. VLC lets me... MythTV does not.
>   
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> If the #1 issue above wasn't there.. I'd probably look at using the
> MythTV interface
> more, but it's a show stopper for me.

There's hope out on the horizon.  #1104 (thanks to Dr. Mark Spieth) will
eventually bring multi-channel analog output (and more) to Myth.

Mike