[mythtv-users] Audio Issues

[Greg Oliver]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> 2010/1/14 Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com>:
>>> OK - Just playing around, I set it up for 5.1 speaker setup with no DD
>>> or DTS enabled.  This allows me to play all of my videos (even the
>>> problematic one)..
>>>
>>> This does not seem intuitive since my TV is definitely not 5.1 capable...
>>
>> What processor do you have ? what speed ?
>
>
> Ahhh, it is a measely Atom single core...  Although when I play it
> with the stereo settings, the CPU remains ~10% as normal, so I did not
> think that was the issue..  There is no noticeable change in CPU
> regardless of the audio out settings I choose..  Plus like I said, VLC
> and mplayer crank all of them right out with no changes in
> configuration.
>

Would it be advantageous to use an external player in this situation?