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<DIV>OK, I think I have this worked out now. I abandoned the SPDIF sound for now. I have Speaker-Jack->RCA cable from my soundcard's output port to my receiver and can hear the test sounds fine. As far as MythMusic is concerned, I setup my Myth audio settings to be ALSA:default after creating an asoundrc.conf according to the mythtv.org WIKI concerning sound.</DIV>
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<DIV>I then setup my MythMusic to rip CDs down to MP3s instead of OGG. When I play them alone with Xine or as part of a playlist in MythMusic, I can hear them fine, which is all I wanted. I can also hear a DVD that was ripped down to a VOB file too, so that's good.</DIV>
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<DIV>If I could only figure out why any recordings that I make (on the VERY FEW channels that my pcHDTV card seems to find) doesn't have any sound now, I'll be good to go. :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Harry</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm outputting the sound with both an analog speaker plugged in (just to test it), and an SPDIF optical cable running to my stereo. If I use MythVideo to play a DVD that I ripped down, I can hear it fine on the analog, but nothing on the digital. If I use MythMusic to play a music playlist of songs that I ripped down from a CD (which got ripped to OGG format), I don't hear anything.</DIV>
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<DIV>Also, I recorded 5 minutes of a program on my local ABC, and I don't hear any audio. I also don't hear any audio when I try and watch any TV program. I can use xine to play an MP3 that I transferred over, but xine can't manually play one of the OGG files that I have ripped down.</DIV>
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<DIV>I also setup my audio settings as you suggested (ALSA:default for both and unchecked both SPDIF options), and neither had any effect whatsoever. I know that the sound works, just not all the time, and I can't seem to put my finger on the right combinations to make it all work all the time.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Jarett Creason" <nobleiceman@gmail.com> <BR>On 8/23/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Harry Devine</B> <<A href="mailto:lifter89@comcast.net">lifter89@comcast.net</A>> wrote:
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<DIV>I created an asound.conf file from the example at <A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound#How_do_I_do_this_in_Fedora_Core" target=_blank>http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound#How_do_I_do_this_in_Fedora_Core</A>, making sure that my device ID was changed for the digital portion (the IEC958) in the file, but things are still weird. I can use aplay on a wav file from the command line, and I can run xine to play an mp3, but when I setup the settings in Myth according to the recommendations at that link, I still can't hear anything (the part talking about "Audio output device" about 3 paragraphs above the "Questions and Answers" heading). I get nothing in both Analog and Digital. </DIV>
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<DIV>In Myth, under Utilities/Setup->General in the Audio section, I have my "Audio output device" set to ALSA:multi and the "Passthrough output device" set to ALSA:digital, according to the writeup. I also have "Enable AC3 to SPDIF passthrough" and "Enable DTS to SPDIF passthrough" checked. I hear nothing when I try to play a song out of MythMusic from a CD that I ripped down. It's in ogg format if that matters. That was the default format when it was ripped. </DIV>
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<DIV>Let me know what other information you need. I'm still frustrated, but now I know that at least my onboard audio works, but I'm still missing a big piece of the puzzle.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>How are you outputting the sound? You said it's your onboard audio, is it outputted via a stereo plug(s), or it coax or digital?<BR><BR>Try setting the "Audio output device" to "ALSA:default" and the same for the "Passthrough output device". Then uncheck both of the SPDIF options... That's what I had to do at least. <BR></DIV><BR></DIV>Jarett<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>