[mythtv-users] Via VT8233 and SPDIF TOSLINK output
Shawn Willden
shawn-myth at willden.org
Wed Mar 2 05:09:50 UTC 2005
Robert Tsai wrote:
>I had the same symptoms.
>
>Have you first tried the normal analog audio ports to make sound is
>working at all? If the analog audio isn't working, then maybe you have
>a deeper problem. (I encountered a Dell motherboard where the normal
>audio port in Linux was actually the *surround* port in Windows.)
>
>
Yes, analog sound works fine. I had to plug some headphones into the
speaker jack to test it, because I don't have anything to convert from
the 1/8" stereo plug to the RCA plugs I'd need to plug it into my
receiver, but that was one of the first things I tried.
>Assuming that that much is working, try the following two commands in
>sequence:
>
> amixer set 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA' 3
> amixer set 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA' 0
>
>The last one (setting to "0") is the important one, which you've
>alluded to. It's supposed to be idempotent (e.g., just establishing
>some configuration), but I consistently have to *change* the value to
>zero to get SPDIF audio working properly, so I've just placed these
>two commands into my myth user's .login
>
>
No luck, unfortunately. I get the same behavior after doing that. I do
notice something interesting about the output, though. Running the
first command gives me:
---
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA' 0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 3
Mono: 3 [100%]
---
Is the "Playback channels: Mono" normal?
>I haven't used aplay because I don't have any WAV files; I was using
>mpg321 with some mp3s as my test program for playing music.
>
>
I've just been using /usr/share/sounds/beg.wav. I'll bet you have a
bunch of little wav files you could try, too. Using mpg321's "-a"
option would work if I knew which device the SPDIF output is.
>Anyway, you've already mentioned that you've fiddled with the above
>alsamixer settings, so maybe you have something else going wrong, but
>the above two amixer commands do the trick for me.
>
>FWIW, I have a Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 motherboard (same VIA VT8233 audio
>chip).
>
>
Yeah, it seems to be pretty common. My desktop machine has one, too.
It actually has a TOSLINK output also... maybe I should try hooking that
box up to my receiver, just for kicks...
Thanks,
Shawn.
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