You have to select stereo even for 5.1, it is just a quirk of Myth.<div><br></div><div>Monoprice sells a 3 ft HDMI cable for $3. They work too.</div><div><br></div><div>Allen</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 4:05 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stefan_jones@comcast.net">stefan_jones@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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----- "Allen Edwards" <<a href="mailto:allen.p.edwards@gmail.com">allen.p.edwards@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> From: "Allen Edwards" <<a href="mailto:allen.p.edwards@gmail.com">allen.p.edwards@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>><br>
> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 9:17:35 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific<br>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Odd audio problem. Can only get audio via spdif<br>
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> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:33 PM, <<a href="mailto:stefan_jones@comcast.net">stefan_jones@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> > (NB: Abit motherboard, GeForce 7050/nForce 630 chipset.)<br>
> ><br>
> > Before my Fedora 12 install, my system could play audio via the<br>
> TV's<br>
> > speakers (connected to the mobo standard speaker out) (if the video<br>
> was<br>
> > analog) or from my stereo system (for digital recordings), which has<br>
> an<br>
> > spdif connection to my mobo. I could live with this.<br>
> ><br>
> > Now I can only play via the spdif port, when ALSA:spdif is selected.<br>
> And it<br>
> > works for both analog and digital recordings! I can't get any other<br>
> ALSA<br>
> > device to work.<br>
> ><br>
> > What puzzles me is that when I test my audio devices via Fedora's<br>
> Settings /<br>
> > Multimedia section, I can get sound out of the standard speakers.<br>
> ><br>
> > Fedora's multimedia section mentions a Pulse Audio device. Why<br>
> doesn't this<br>
> > show up as a device under Myth? Maybe the ALSA devices are too low<br>
> level?<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
><br>
> I have spent many hours trying to figure out how to get spdif and<br>
> analog out at the same time. My own solution is to use a second<br>
> external spdif decoder for the TV set to stereo while the HiFi is set<br>
> to 4.1 surround. If you figure this out, please let me know.<br>
<br>
</div></div>SIGH.<br>
<br>
I fixed things by going to HDMI*, and selecting the ALSA:hdmi device in setup:general. I'd put off going to HDMI because I'd heard it was a mess to get going, but it worked fine after a moment tinkering with the nvidia config GUI. Now my digital and analog programs both play from the TV.<br>
<br>
But for some reason things go silent when I request 5.1 audio in the front end setup:general section.<br>
<br>
Stefan<br>
<br>
* Harbor Freight sells a 3' HDMI cable for something like $10! It seems to work fine. Go figure.<br>
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