[mythtv-users] Fwd: Digital Audio on HDMI MB not working (correction)

Allen Edwards allen.p.edwards at gmail.com
Tue Jan 20 14:58:30 UTC 2009


CORRECTION

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:48 AM, Allen Edwards
<allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 2009/1/20 Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Hold on everyone! I spoke too soon...
>>>
>>> I still have a problem with audio from mythmusic...
>>>
>>> I get no sound. In the log I see
>>>
>>> 2009-01-20 22:38:21.308 Opening audio device 'hw:0,3'. ch 2(2) sr 44100
>>> 2009-01-20 22:38:21.308 Opening ALSA audio device 'hw:0,3'.
>>> 2009-01-20 22:38:21.309 AudioOutput Error: Rate doesn't match (requested
>>> 44100Hz, got 48000Hz)
>>> 2009-01-20 22:38:21.309 AudioOutput Error: Unable to set ALSA parameters
>>> Destroying SipFsm object
>>>
>>> I will keep you posted...
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>
>> I found this on the net... Could it be related?
>>
>> Problem:
>> Aplay/mplayer only plays 48000 Hz stereo files, saying "[AO_ALSA] Unable to
>> set hw-parameters: Invalid argument" and "aplay: set_params:961: Unable to
>> install hw params:" irrespectively. No mono and no non-48kHz files work.
>> Cause:
>> Alsa doesn't know how to resample, but doesn't mention that even when you
>> specifically ask it to in .asoundrc.
>> Solution:
>> Rebuild alsa-libs to include all the pcm plugins. In Gentoo, this means
>> sticking ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="*" in make.conf and emerge alsa-lib.
>> Reason:
>> Alsa should now be able to resample audio and magically play all the other
>> formats, even without ~/.asoundrc or /etc/asound.conf
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tel: 0400 466 952
>> Fax: 0433 123 226
>> email: philwild AT gmail.com
>>
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>
>

Just for a test could you delete or rename asound.conf and see if that
makes any difference.

Allen


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