[mythtv-users] Odd audio problem. Can only get audio via spdif

[Allen Edwards]

You have to select stereo even for 5.1, it is just a quirk of Myth.

Monoprice sells a 3 ft HDMI cable for $3.  They work too.

Allen


On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 4:05 PM, <stefan_jones at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> ----- "Allen Edwards" <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: "Allen Edwards" <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>
> > To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 9:17:35 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Odd audio problem. Can only get audio via
> spdif
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:33 PM,  <stefan_jones at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > (NB: Abit motherboard, GeForce 7050/nForce 630 chipset.)
> > >
> > > Before my Fedora 12 install, my system could play audio via the
> > TV's
> > > speakers (connected to the mobo standard speaker out)  (if the video
> > was
> > > analog) or from my stereo system (for digital recordings), which has
> > an
> > > spdif connection to my mobo. I could live with this.
> > >
> > > Now I can only play via the spdif port, when ALSA:spdif is selected.
> > And it
> > > works for both analog and digital recordings! I can't get any other
> > ALSA
> > > device to work.
> > >
> > > What puzzles me is that when I test my audio devices via Fedora's
> > Settings /
> > > Multimedia section, I can get sound out of the standard speakers.
> > >
> > > Fedora's multimedia section mentions a Pulse Audio device. Why
> > doesn't this
> > > show up as a device under Myth? Maybe the ALSA devices are too low
> > level?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I have spent many hours trying to figure out how to get spdif and
> > analog out at the same time.  My own solution is to use a second
> > external spdif decoder for the TV set to stereo while the HiFi is set
> > to 4.1 surround.  If you figure this out, please let me know.
>
> SIGH.
>
> I fixed things by going to HDMI*, and selecting the ALSA:hdmi device in
> setup:general. I'd put off going to HDMI because I'd heard it was a mess to
> get going, but it worked fine after a moment tinkering with the nvidia
> config GUI. Now my digital and analog programs both play from the TV.
>
> But for some reason things go silent when I request 5.1 audio in the front
> end setup:general section.
>
> Stefan
>
> * Harbor Freight sells a 3' HDMI cable for something like $10! It seems to
> work fine. Go figure.
>
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