[mythtv-users] No audio from mythvideo except from digital sources

[Michael T. Dean]

Jason McMillon wrote:

> I am afraid I am over my head with this one.  I managed to get my 
> digital out to work on my Asus P4P800-E motherboard using info from 
> http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/DigitalSoundHowTo .
>
> I get no sound from non-digital sound sources using MythVideo.  I 
> prefer using xine as my default player, but have also tried with mplayer.
>
> I assume there is some command line arguments that I need to add to 
> xine to get it to work, but don't know what.
>
> Here is my .asoundrc :
>
> # Override the default output used by ALSA.
> # If you do not override the default, your default
> # device is identical to the (unmixed) analog device
> # shown below.  If you prefer mixed and/or digital
> # output, uncomment the appropriate four lines below
> # (only one slave.pcm line).
> #pcm.!default {
> #  type plug
> ## Uncomment the following to use mixed analog by default
> #  slave.pcm "dmix-analog"
> ## Uncomment the following to use unmixed digital by default
> #  slave.pcm "digital-hw"
> ## Uncomment the following to use mixed digital by default
>   slave.pcm "dmix-digital"
> #}

Re-read (or just plain read? ;) the comment...  I.e. "Uncomment the 
appropriate *four* lines below (only one slave.pcm line)," (emphasis added).

pcm.!default {
  type plug
## Uncomment the following to use mixed analog by default
#  slave.pcm "dmix-analog"
## Uncomment the following to use unmixed digital by default
#  slave.pcm "digital-hw"
# Uncomment the following to use mixed digital by default
  slave.pcm "dmix-digital"
}

No configuration required for xine/MPlayer (or any other app).  That's 
the whole purpose of defining the default...

Mike