[mythtv-users] raw ac3 out the S/PDIF ?

[John Poet]

Okay, I see the "Output Audio Device" box, now I just need to figure out
what to put in there...

Thanks,

Johnq

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Doug Larrick
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 4:30 PM
To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] raw ac3 out the S/PDIF ?

On 12/11/03 11:44:28, John P. Poet wrote:

> Can somone give me a clue on how to send the raw AC3 audio stream out
> the S/PDIF jack of my on-board sound?

You did change Myth's audio output device, right?

Jason Hoos wrote:
| To try it out, you'll need to set your audio output to an appropriate
| device.  For ALSA, usually one of 'spdif', 'plug:spdif', 'iec958', or
| 'hw0,1' should work, depending on how your system is configured; for  
| OSS, /dev/adsp should work, although I didn't try it yet.  You might  
| also need to try something funky like 'iec958:AES0=0x6,AES1=0x82,|  
AES2=0x0,AES3=0x2' if nothing else works, although the AES settings
| didn't seem to be necessary on my machine for whatever reason.

-Doug