[mythtv-users] Help with ALSA and SPDIF again

[Nick]

On 22/08/06, Timothy Bish <tabish at twcny.rr.com> wrote:

> I can get almost everything working on spdif with the CMedia card except
> Xine.  When I select passthrough with xine the error "The audio device is
> unavailable, please verify if another program already uses it."  Nothing
> else is running so I don't know what could be using the spdif portion of the
> card.

I've had this problem (sporadically) with xine when playing video
files with DD/AC-3 audio in them, but have not (yet) had problems when
playing actual DVD discs contains AC-3 audio tracks. Haven't had much
time to investigate further as it works for most things, but still
puzzles me.

Nick

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