[mythtv-users] HDMI Audio out on MSI Meda Live

[GyroTech]

covert covert wrote:
> Check if there are any messages in the Mythfrontend log file about
> sound. When I tried to get Audio working over HDMI on my ATI based
> motherboard I found the error messages in the log to be the most help.
> Ended up having to change the sound device to alsa:digital (or
> something like that)

OK, in the log I found one section that looked promising:

2008-06-13 23:54:19.208 AFD: codec AC3 has 0 channels
2008-06-13 23:54:19.237 AFD: Opened codec 0x5a6fe50, id(AC3) type(Audio)
2008-06-13 23:54:19.244 Opening audio device 'spdif'. ch 2(2) sr 48000
2008-06-13 23:54:19.244 Opening ALSA audio device 'spdif'.
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL /dev/mixer
2008-06-13 23:54:19.271 AudioOutput Warning: Mixer attach error -2: No 
such file or directory
                         Check Mixer Name in Setup: '/dev/mixer'
2008-06-13 23:54:19.272 NVP: Enabling Audio
2008-06-13 23:54:19.274 AFD: Warning, audio codec 0x5a6fe50 id(AC3) type 
(Audio) already open, leaving it alone.
2008-06-13 23:54:19.274 AFD: codec AC3 has 2 channels
2008-06-13 23:54:19.726 WriteAudio: buffer underrun

Obviously there is something wrong with spdif so I'm just going to try 
each of the output settings in Utilities/Setup -> General until I hear 
something...

Thanks, I'll let you know how it went...

GT