[mythtv-users] Fwd: Digital Audio on HDMI MB not working

[Rob Rosenfeld]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Allen Edwards
<allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> If I am remembering correctly, the machine gun is the digital data in analog
> form.  I heard it myself when I was getting spdif to work.  It is from using
> ALSA:default as the passthrough device.  Hope I am remembering this
> correctly.
> Try this:
> Passthrough output device: ALSA:iec958(AESO 0x02)
> Allen

Try hw=0,3 for passthrough output device, too.  Leave max channels at
Stereo (it's broken and will pass 5.1 set this way, but won't work if
you use the setting with more channels).  Enable AC3 passthrough.
Pretty sure upmix must remain passive.