[mythtv-users] SBLive + ALSA + AC3 question

[Brian Stults]

gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) wrote:
> Brian Stults wrote:
> 
>> If I remember correctly, 1.0.7 also gave me a terrible, shrill noise 
>> rather than the proper audio, but upgrading to 1.0.8 fixed it.
> 
> 
> kewl, i'll have to check it out and see ... didn't want to go through 
> the work if someone else could confirm it didn't work :) ... do you use 
> xine or mplayer for movies?  do you have problems with it "sticking" in 
> AC3 mode?  i'm running from the coax out (via Hoontech Digitial I/O 
> daughterboard) on my SBLive to my receiver and sometimes after quitting 
> xine, the receiver still says "Dolby D" even if i try to play a stereo 
> movie (or mp3z, etc) ... then, i get no sound from anything but AC3 
> movies ... it doesn't always happen, so i can't fully explain how to 
> reproduce...
> 

Sounds like you have more complex problems than I did.  I can use either 
xine or mplayer for movies.  I don't have any problems at all.  My 
asound file is the same as the one posted in this thread by Neil Milne.

Good luck.