[mythtv-users] HDMI ac3 passthough audio

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Tue Feb 10 16:38:11 UTC 2009


On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:16 PM, JP Fournier <jape41 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> After I got some help from the radeonhd driver list, I am now able to play ac3
> audio over HDMI with mplayer via a command line like this:
>
> mplayer -ac hwac3 -ao alsa:device=iec958=1 -vo xv -fs 2041_20090208074700.mpg
>
> Can anyone help me figure out what the equivalent settings under mythtv would
> be? Obviously I've tried a few variations, but the best I can get is clicky
> static.
>
> regards,
>
> jp

I would figure out which plughw device your actually using for HDMI and then use
ALSA:plughw=x,y

i found that the best way to get it to work for digital output both
for HDMI and spdif. no playing around with asound stuff.


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