[mythtv-users] Having trouble getting digital surround sound with ripped DVDs

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/30/06 08:43, Joshua Caskey wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
> I have been trying recently to store all the DVD's I own to my myth box.  I 
>stored a video that has both DTS and DD tracks to my drive in iso format.  I 
>first was trying to play the video using mplayer as default but it would not 
>load and would disappear.  I then downloaded xine and installed it.  I used the 
>xine configuration from the mythtv howto wiki pages and also opened up xine and 
>in the control panel switched the audio to passthrough.  I am getting sound 
>through my digital port but it is only 2 channel audio.  My mythtv recordings 
>play back with 5.1 surround just fine.  I set up my sound using Alsa with the 
>digital sound howto tutorial and I have my recordings play back in the mode 
>ALSA:digital.  Does anyone have any tips on how to get my ripped DVD's to also 
>play back with surround sound using xine?
>

Make sure xine is not running and edit ~/.xine/config to show:

# device used for 5.1-channel output
# string, default: iec958:AES0=0x6,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x0,AES3=0x2
#audio.device.alsa_passthrough_device:iec958:AES0=0x6,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x0,AES3=0x2

# device used for 5.1-channel output
# string, default: plug:surround51:0
#audio.device.alsa_surround51_device:plug:surround51:0

# speaker arrangement
# { Mono 1.0  Stereo 2.0  Headphones 2.0  Stereo 2.1  Surround 3.0  
Surround 4.0  Surround 4.1  Surround 5.0  Surround 5.1  Surround 6.0  
Surround 6.1  Surround 7.1  Pass Through }, default: 1
audio.output.speaker_arrangement:Surround 5.1

(Yes, I realize two of these are defaults, but if you've set them to 
non-defaults, you want to change them back--by commenting out whatever 
you've put in.)

Mike