[mythtv-users] choose recording formats?

Patrick McKinney mythtv at prmckinney.com
Sun Jan 25 14:45:36 UTC 2009


Eppo Eppleston wrote:
> i'm playing with my new hdpvr. when i first got it, i had it connected 
> i used component vid and rca stereo cables. it recorded vid in h.264 
> and sound in aac. so i picked up an optical cable hoping to get ac3 
> format. im still getting aac. is this a driver issue, or can i change 
> a setting somewhere?
> thanks
I just worked through the same problem yesterday.  There is of course 
the audio input option in the capture card configuration that needs to 
be set to SPDIF.  But my problem ended up being the firmware (I think).  
I had installed the production firmware under windows, and the UNIX 
driver was reporting that(rev 0xf), but it still wasn't working.  I 
ended up having to reinstall that firmware and then I tested that it was 
able to capture AC3 under windows.  Then when I plugged it into UNIX it 
just worked.

Patrick


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