[mythtv-users] SOLVED: Re: Exasperated: DD/DTS SPDIF works with everything *except* MythTV

[Roo]

2008/12/7 Kingsley Turner <krt at krt.com.au>:
> Anyway, I just solved it this second:
>
> A quick little sentence in the MythTV wiki nailed it:
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound_with_AC3_and_SPDIF
> -
>
> <quote>
> If "Use video as timebase" is checked, you will get stuttering audio output
> or not audio at all. "Use video as timebase" must be unchecked if you want
> AC3 audio to work.
> </quote>
>
> Just an offhand sentence, but *so* important!
>
> I don't know how I missed it, maybe because there's so many documents on
> this, after you read a few of them you start to gloss-over them, not reading
> properly.  Guess I was punished for my own lack of thoroughness.
>
> Although, I wish the UI would give you a warning about this or something....

Kingsley,

Why not submit a patch for the help text to help the next person out?

If you don't know how, post the suggested help text here, someone
might be kind enough to do it for you.

-- 
Roo.