[mythtv-users] PS3 and Mythtv

[Brian Wood]

On Tuesday 01 September 2009 15:02:59 Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Sep 1, 2009, at 4:50 PM, greg wrote:
> > I have my PS3 hooked up through my lan. I can see the myth server
> > and can play my recordings..The one problem i have is no
> > audio..Would anyone have any idea why?
> >
> > The PS3 is run through HDMI if it makes any difference..
> > Any suggestions or remedies?
>
> If I recall correctly, the PS3 fails to play any digital audio unless
> its in a local file on the PS3, so you either have to transfer files
> to it, or transcode them to have analog stereo audio instead. (I don't
> actually have one, that's just what I remember off the top of my head).

Hmmm. I'm not using digital audio, so that explains that.

I have played digital files from an NFS mount on the PS3 running YellowDog 
Linux using mplayer, but that's not a fair comparison.

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Brian Wood
beww at beww.org