[mythtv-users] SPDIF out from EPIA EN12000EG

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Paul Gardiner wrote:
> Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>> See the user manual that VIA has for this motherboard.
>> Pins 3 and 4 of teh jumper block need to be connected according to my
>> copy.
> 
> Yeah, I looked at the manual, but I couldn't see how to determine the
> orientation of the block, and hence which are pins 3 and 4. Usually
> manuals make that clear, but I couldn't work it out from this one.

See the operating manual, page 7.
Pin 1 is the bigger square, I think.
Else reverse engineer by testing for composite video and deduce spdif
position from that.

>> What configuration did you change to what values?
>> What did happen?
>> Etc?
> 
> I tried the two setups that worked for my J7F2 board. One
> was selecting alsa:spdif in the frontend menus. The other was
> to select alsa:default, but with
> 
> pcm.!default {
> type plug
> slave {
> pcm "spdif"
> rate 48000
> format S16_LE
> }
> }
> 
> in /home/minimyth/.asoundrc.  Both worked with the J7F2 board.
> Neither with the EN12000EG.

Why in /home/etc...?
Please use /etc/asound.conf. That's what I have here; it appears to work.

>> Did you try the wiki page I posted?
> 
> Not yet. Will try tonight. The first bit I'd tried before. But I
> can try snd-via82xx dxs_support=3. For my system I'm guessing
> that goes in /etc/modprobe.d/audio, in the form
> 
> options snd-via82xx dx_support=3

That is the old info. Read the wiki for clarity....
(didn't write it)

Just the asound.conf and the jumper and the alsa: setting in mythTV are
needed here.

> I guess I could try the complicated .asoundrc from the wiki, but
> I think the minimyth kernel is much later than 2.6.18. Worth a
> try though.

Not needed.

Udo