[mythtv-users] Exasperated: DD/DTS SPDIF works with everything *except* MythTV

[Allen Edwards]

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 6:26 AM, Kingsley Turner <krt at krt.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> I have configured Myth to use
>>    "alsa:default" for audio,
>> and "ALSA:iec958:{AES0 0x02}" as the SPDIF output device.
>> Obviously the two checkboxes for sending AC3 and DTS sound out via SPDIF
>> are checked.
>>
>> Mplayer works fine with: -ao alsa:device=iec958 hwac3
>> VLC works fine with: --spdif    (oh, *so* easy!)
>
> Have you tried just "alsa:iec958" in Myth?
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
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Rename or delete asound.conf and .asoundrc.
Set the passthrough device to ALSA:iec958:{ AES0 0x02 }
Audio output device to ALSA:spdif.
If you are running Fedora, get rid of Pulse Audio (not
trivial apparently).
Turn on iec958 in alsamixer.

Allen