[mythtv-users] All sound out S/PDIF (was: Dolby Digital Signal indicator on Receiver)

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/18/2008 02:14 AM, Bob Sully wrote:
> Still no luck with getting stereo streams to play in mythfrontend (using
> the internal player for recordings, or mythmusic) if a file with Dolby
> Digital 5.1 sound is played first.
>
> I can play any videos, no matter what the sound codec is, within myth with
> this: "mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet -vo xv -ao alsa:device=spdif -afm hwac3
> %s").
>
> Right now, I still have to exit mythfrontend and run "iecset audio 0",
> then restart the frontend to play a stereo recording if I have watched a
> 5.1 show before it.

That's due to a misconfiguration of your audio system.

>   This is the case with my combined BE/FE machine (uses
> an Asus P5K-Deluxe/Wifi motherboard) and my upstairs frontend (ABit
> AN8-32X).  I do not have to do this if I play only recordings with DD 5.1
> audio.
>
> The previously mentioned work-around with a remote would be an interim
> fix, if I used a remote (I don't; I use RF keyboards on both machines).
>
> Has anyone yet found a fix for this within mythfrontend, so that the
> internal player for recordings and music will allow ALL sound to go out
> via the S/PDIF interface?
>   

It has nothing to do with Myth.  It's completely an audio configuration 
issue.

> If not...this is a feature request (or is it a bug-fix request? - not
> sure).  ;-)

System configuration bug.  :)

Mike