[mythtv-users] HDMI ac3 passthough audio

Allen Edwards allen.p.edwards at gmail.com
Thu Feb 12 16:59:12 UTC 2009


On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:57 AM, James Crow <james at ultratans.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 08:46 -0800, Allen Edwards wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>> I think you are saying that you tried the above without a HDMI device
>> hooked up so it would not surprise me that it didn't work.  Nothing
>> HDMI that I have will play without negotiating between the source and
>> sink.  That said, it looks like you are doing the right things.
>> Please let me know if you try (or tried) this with an HDMI TV
>> connected.
>>
>> Allen
>
> You are correct. I tried before with a HDMI TV connected, but I did not
> pass the correct options to mplayer for hw passthrough. Since then the
> TV has gone back to its home and I tried again without a HDMI TV
> attached to the machine.
>
> I may take the machine home and connect to my TV over the weekend, but
> it just depends on if I am caught up on school work.
>
> Cheers,
> James
>
>
>

I look forward to hearing how that goes.  It looks like you have it
set up correctly now.

Allen


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