[mythtv-users] Dolby Digital Signal indicator on Receiver

[Robin Gilks]

> Please pardon me for moving in on your topic.....
>
> I have a similar problem which you might be able to help.
>
> I have a Denon AVR-2807 which I feed the SPDIF output from a Via
> MII-6000E mobo running MiniMyth.  All works fine except nothing I do
> will get the Denon to see the input from the SPDIF as 44.1 KHz when
> feeding it from a CD player or a ripped CD file.  It always says it's 48
> KHz.  I've tried the sample rate parameter for the snd_via82xx module,
> and after I saw this note I tried the iecset program.  Both work fine
> and give no error.  But the SPDIF output is still read by the AVR as 48
> KHz.
>
> The AVR obviously could be correct and the Via mobo just sucks so bad it
> won't _do_ 44.1 KHz.  Or perhaps there is something else you might
> suggest.  All suggestions, comments, etc. are  welcome.

I run a Via into a theatre amp and it is 48k all the time irrespective of
format, number of channels or signal source. ALSA does all the upscaling
for me and it sounds fine to me so I never worry about it :-)


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Robin Gilks