[mythtv-users] HDMI Audio out on MSI Meda Live

[covert covert]

On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 5:04 PM, GyroTech <gyrotech at freakinabox.com> wrote:
> covert covert wrote:
>> Check if there are any messages in the Mythfrontend log file about
>> sound. When I tried to get Audio working over HDMI on my ATI based
>> motherboard I found the error messages in the log to be the most help.
>> Ended up having to change the sound device to alsa:digital (or
>> something like that)
>
> OK, in the log I found one section that looked promising:
>
> 2008-06-13 23:54:19.208 AFD: codec AC3 has 0 channels
> 2008-06-13 23:54:19.237 AFD: Opened codec 0x5a6fe50, id(AC3) type(Audio)
> 2008-06-13 23:54:19.244 Opening audio device 'spdif'. ch 2(2) sr 48000
> 2008-06-13 23:54:19.244 Opening ALSA audio device 'spdif'.
> ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL /dev/mixer
> 2008-06-13 23:54:19.271 AudioOutput Warning: Mixer attach error -2: No
> such file or directory
>                         Check Mixer Name in Setup: '/dev/mixer'
> 2008-06-13 23:54:19.272 NVP: Enabling Audio
> 2008-06-13 23:54:19.274 AFD: Warning, audio codec 0x5a6fe50 id(AC3) type
> (Audio) already open, leaving it alone.
> 2008-06-13 23:54:19.274 AFD: codec AC3 has 2 channels
> 2008-06-13 23:54:19.726 WriteAudio: buffer underrun
>
> Obviously there is something wrong with spdif so I'm just going to try
> each of the output settings in Utilities/Setup -> General until I hear
> something...
>
> Thanks, I'll let you know how it went...
>
> GT
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My audio device is ALSA:mixed-digital. Unticked "Use internal volume
control" removes my mixed error messages (and the options for mixer).