[mythtv-users] Soundblaster live and AC3 for MythDVD help
Gregg Farhat
3gemail at gmail.com
Wed Jan 5 15:53:43 EST 2005
I have ver 1.0.7, I will try the restore tomorrow night, along with
the change in the asoundrc. My device is 0,3. I will let you know
how it goes.
-Gregg
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 14:10:19 -0500, Kyle Rose <krose+mythtv at krose.org> wrote:
> Gregg Farhat <3gemail at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I removed the suggested items and applied the .asoundrc. It still
> > has the same results. I did discover if I add -ac hwac3, -ao alsa9
> > I get no sound on dvd, but if I remove it I get static. Any other
> > suggestions besides a hammer :) . Thanks again for your help.
>
> LOL, I almost did this once with a live because of this BS, but I
> doubt it would have helped. Keep the faith. :) It's a great sound
> card, especially given the very low cost. Given that I basically only
> ever use passthrough (except for playing Ogg/MP3 files, which are all
> 16 bit anyway), I doubt I will ever need anything different unless a
> non-S/PDIF digital interface appears.
>
> Which version of alsa are you running? I know I had problems with the
> different variants of 1.0.6, so make sure you're using 1.0.7 (not
> -rc?) or CVS.
>
> Also, try xine instead of mplayer. The alsa support on each piece of
> software is different, and frankly I've never gotten mplayer to work
> as reliably as xine even though xine's configuration seems more
> complicated at first.
>
> Next, how is your Live wired to your AC3 decoder? I use just the
> basic Live card with a coax connector going from (I believe) the white
> (left) channel on a stereo mini->RCA converter sitting in the top (?)
> mini jack, which on my card is gold instead of colored plastic, to the
> S/PDIF in on my receiver. I'm doing this from memory, so it's a bit
> fuzzy.
>
> Finally, try putting the attached asound.state into a file
> (e.g. /tmp/foo) and issuing "alsactl --file /tmp/foo restore". This
> is my mixer config. Since the Live has so many mixer settings that
> are so poorly documented, it took a lot of trial-and-error to get set
> up correctly. If this works for you, I'll post a web page indicating
> how to get this set up because I'll have positive confirmation that it
> works for at least one other person. :) This will *only* work with
> 1.0.7, because some of the mixer controls changed names, etc.
>
> Let me know what happens. I'm curious to hear if it works.
>
> Cheers,
> Kyle
>
>
>
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