[mythtv-users] ac3 passthrough problems

Thomas Börkel thomas at boerkel.de
Mon Oct 2 20:00:29 UTC 2006


HI!

Michael T. Dean wrote:

>> ALSA:spdif -> AC3 5.1 DD sound
>> ALSA:default -> "helicopter sound"
>> Default -> no sound
>>
>> What puzzles me a bit is the difference between "ALSA:default" and 
>> "Default", because "Default" should use the normal audio device, which 
>> is set to "ALSA:default", it should have been the same.
>>
> Default means to use the value you've set for the audio output device 
> (i.e. Myth's default, not ALSA's default).

Yes, I know. And because I have set Myth's default device to 
"ALSA:default", "Default" as passthrough device should have been the 
same as "ALSA:default", but it isn't.

Thomas




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