[mythtv-users] Turtle Beach Riviera SPDIF Problems

[Kevin Kuphal]

Jason Chrin wrote:
> Hello there.
>  
> I'm having some troubles getting my SPDIF to work in MythTV.  It works 
> fine from mplayer in MythVideo and from aplay on the command line.  I 
> read the wiki here 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound and 
> tried the various suggestions with no luck.  I also tried snagging a 
> .asoundrc file from the wiki for CMI8738-MC6 posted here 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Asoundrc_CMI8738-MC6 with similar 
> results. 
>  
> This is a fresh build that I made this morning.  I previously was 
> using FC1 with .14, but since I got the new sound card and a bigger hd 
> figured I should upgrade.  Everything else seems to be back to normal, 
> but I can't seem to wrap my head around this one.  (pretty much a 
> linux noob too, just know enough to get myself in trouble).  Also, how 
> can I tell if my mythtv install is compiled with ALSA support?  I 
> pretty much followed Jarod's guide and yum'ed my way through the install.
>  
I run mine with no .asoundrc at all.  I put ALSA:default in the Myth 
General setup for audio device.  Make sure the IEC958 is unmuted (I 
believe there are two places, the first IEC958 and the last one on 
mine).  Then it works fine.

Kevin