I used the .asoundrc file from wilsonnet (with one change, noted below) to solve this exact problem. Works like a charm.<br><br><a href="http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/asoundrc.txt">http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/asoundrc.txt</a>
<br><br>If you look at the start of the file, you'll notice the block:<br><br><pre>pcm.!default {<br> type plug<br>## Uncomment the following to use mixed analog by default<br># slave.pcm "dmix-analog"<br>
## Uncomment the following to use unmixed digital by default<br> slave.pcm "digital-hw"<br>## Uncomment the following to use mixed digital by default<br># slave.pcm "dmix-digital"<br>}<br><br>I use the third option "dmix-digital", which outputs everything over the digital connection
<br><br><br></pre><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rich West</b> <<a href="mailto:Rich.West@wesmo.com">Rich.West@wesmo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Michael Wisniewski wrote:<br>> Hi!<br>><br>> I'm off from work because of the snow, and I've been hitting myth<br>> hard so that is why I have so many questions. :-)<br>><br>> Anyways, I have a question about the "Enable AC3 to SPDIF
<br>> passthrough". When I have this option enabled, AC3 does pass through<br>> to my receiver in Dolby Digital form, like it should. When I disable<br>> it, it doesn't. That makes sense, and works how I would have suspected.
<br>><br>> But now, when I play a non-ac3 stream and have my receiver off, it<br>> plays through the speakers on my tv fine, using the line-out of the<br>> soundcard. But when I try to play an ac3 dolby digital stream, the
<br>> line-out of the sound card makes a bunch of clicks through the<br>> speakers on the tv.<br>><br>> Is there a way to make it so that the line-out of the soundcard<br>> plays the stream no matter what, while the SPDIF out plays the digital
<br>> stream?<br>><br>><br>> Thanks!<br>Check the WIKI:<br><br><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound_with_AC3_and_SPDIF">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound_with_AC3_and_SPDIF
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