[mythtv-users] distributed simultaneous playback

[Jerome Yuzyk]

On Saturday, August 29, 2015 12:01:43 AM Daryl McDonald wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 9:16 PM, Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca> wrote:
> > > A few month ago there was a thread about sending audio to multiple
> > > alsa devices by creating pcms. You have to search the archives.
> >
> > I found a Wiki entry:
> > https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Simultaneous_Audio_Output_to_Independent_Devices
> >
> > but no MythTV thread that ended in an answer. :(
> 
> I've got sound going to two different devices simultaneously, and may have
> been part of the thread mentioned by Hika. What OS are you using? I am some
> what foggy on how this came to be, other than through the sound portion of
> settings on Ubuntu 14.04. IIRC it was from a wiki page, I didn't get too
> far with other routes.

I'm running Fedora 22. 

Thinking on this a little makes me wonder: would I need a TV to be able to get HDMI audio? Or do monitors that have built-in speakers (like my Samsung F2380) do sound from HDMI like they do for analog inputs?

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