<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Kevin Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dabears_rule@yahoo.com">dabears_rule@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font:inherit" valign="top">> Hi all.<br>> I have been searching for a while and cant quite come up with an answer.<br>>
I have tried all possible settings in the audio setup section of
mythtv.? But I can never get both to output at the same time.<br>> I
would like to be able to have the hdmi portion go to the tv, and the
spdif go to my receiver at the same time?? Possible or no?<br>> I have a link to all my alsa information and kernel version here as there is a lot of info.<br>> I am using mythbuntu .24 with the latest fixes.<br>> Thanks to all.<br>
><br><br>You can create a custom ALSA device by adding an entry to ~/.asoundrc<br>; that will output to both device at the same time.<br>You have to keep the following limitations in mind:<br>-You won't be able to do digital passthrough<br>
-It will be stereo only<br><br>At this stage, and in the forthcoming future, Myth can only write to<br>one audio device at a time and can only manage audio and video sync<br>with one device.<br>Managing more than one is actually far from being easy<br>
<br>Ah, I understand. I want to keep the digital so that answers that.<br>I wonder if one could start mythfrontend with a different configuration for each audio setup?<br>Have one configured to use the hdmi out, and the other to use
the spdif out? <br>Possible? <br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><div> <br>How about a USB soundcard with digital audio out? Would that solve your problem? I have a small Turtle Beach USB sound card that has optical out. I got it for a different purpose (my onboard optical out was not supported in Linux). It's an older card (about 5 years old) but perhaps there is a newer equivalent. It works like a champ. It was quite inexpensive.<br>
<br>Jerry<br></div></div>