[mythtv-users] spdif & digital sound error

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/07/2006 10:13 AM, Frank Armstrong wrote:
> I found this online, and I know it says to tweak it, but i'm not sure 
> how to do that.  i can watch HDTV no problem using my hd3000 card, but 
> the sound is nothing but static.  Now I can hear music and tv fine 
> over the analog output, but no sound via spdif output both are from 
> onboard audio. This first part is what I get when i run aplay -l.  
> I've read of other people having the same problem...but i can't seem 
> to fix mine.
>
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> ALSA lib conf.c:1178:(parse_def) iec958 is not a compound
> ALSA lib conf.c:1591:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:1:12:Invalid argument
> ALSA lib conf.c:2836:(snd_config_hook_load) /home/mythtv/.asoundrc may be
> old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it
> ALSA lib conf.c:2699:(snd_config_hooks_call) function 
> snd_config_hook_load
> returned error: Invalid argument
> ALSA lib conf.c:3065:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing
> configuration
> aplay: device_list:231: control open (0): Invalid argument
> [mythtv at localhost ~]$

Your ALSA install is severely broken (looks like you have different 
versions of alsa-driver, alsa-lib, and/or alsa-utils installed).  Fix it 
first, then I'll help with the ALSA configuration file (if it still 
doesn't work)...

Mike