[mythtv-users] spdif problem

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Hello,

'Suddenly' Mythtv balks about my spdif when starting playback of a 
recording:

Opening ALSA audio device 'spdif'.
ALSA lib pcm.c:2202:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.iec958
2009-03-22 16:13:36.815 AudioOutput Error: snd_pcm_open(spdif): No such 
file or directory

I am using this asound.conf, taken from 
http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound_with_AC3_and_SPDIF 
and set up MythTV using that howto:

pcm.!default {
  type plug
   slave {
     pcm "spdif"
     rate 48000
     format S16_LE
  }
}

And aplay on the commandline works well:
[root at recorder ~]# aplay -Dspdif /home/udo/xine-out.wav
Playing WAVE '/home/udo/xine-out.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, 
Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo
^CAborted by signal Interrupt...
[root at recorder ~]# aplay -Diec958 /home/udo/xine-out.wav
Playing WAVE '/home/udo/xine-out.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, 
Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo
^CAborted by signal Interrupt...
[root at recorder ~]# aplay  /home/udo/xine-out.wav
Playing WAVE '/home/udo/xine-out.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, 
Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo
^CAborted by signal Interrupt...

Mythfrontend can't comprehend anymore and errors:

2009-03-22 16:13:36.727 Opening audio device 'spdif'. ch 2(2) sr 48000
2009-03-22 16:13:36.731 Opening ALSA audio device 'spdif'.
ALSA lib pcm.c:2202:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.iec958
2009-03-22 16:13:36.815 AudioOutput Error: snd_pcm_open(spdif): No such 
file or directory
2009-03-22 16:13:36.815 NVP: Disabling Audio, reason is: 
snd_pcm_open(spdif): No such file or directory

Then I tried the ALSA:digital that I can choose in the setup, but this 
gives a similar error.
So what must be wrong?
Anybody?

This is on VIA Epia EN12000.

Kind regards,
Udo