[mythtv-users] [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: MythTV sound through SPDIF]]

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Thu Jun 7 01:09:07 UTC 2007


On 07/06/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 06/06/2007 08:11 PM, Nick Morrott wrote:
> > On 06/06/07, Ludmil Miltchev <ludmilmm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I was able to fix my sound by using:
> >>
> >> * In Utilities / Setup - Setup - General:
> >>
> >> Audio Output Device: ALSA:iec958
> >> Passthrough Output Device: ALSA:iec958
> >> Mixer device: default
> >>
> > If you update the MythTV default audio output device to ALSA:default,
> > you will also benefit from the rate-conversion offered by the
> > mixed-digital PCM device for any videos you play via the Internal
> > player that do not have 48kHz audio.
>
> But you would need the rest of the .asoundrc rather than just the clip
> you posted from it.

I'm guessing that Ludmil (who posted the snippet) has the rest of the
asoundrc file intact, otherwise MythMusic would surely not work
without a) the definition of the dmix-digital slave for
rate-conversion, and b) making the mixed-digital PCM device the
default.

-- 
Nick

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