[mythtv-users] Sound Issues, pt 1

[Nasa]

----- "Nasa" <nasa01 at comcast.net> wrote:

> ----- "Nasa" <nasa01 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi people,
> > 
> > I am running myth via svn ( for a good while now ) and updated it
> last
> > night.  Well, this resulted in me
> > losing all sound from any video source (recordedtv, movies, etc). 
> > Given my system uses spdif out to an
> > audio receiver, I verified reciever was still on and volume up.  I
> > then used alsamixer to verify the audio
> > options weren't muted or something else wacky.  Then I remembered
> some
> > updates were done to how audio was 
> > setup, and thus went and checked it out.  Long story short, I
> > discovered that I could only get sound if I set
> > it to 'stereo' vs 5.1.  BTW: i'm not using pulseaudio.  Below are
> some
> > log clips based off of some things I 
> > tried...  Can anyone clue me in to why I can't get 5.1 audio to
> work?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 2010-08-12 20:40:41.391 ALSA: Setting IEC958 status: audio
> > 2010-08-12 20:40:41.394 Found ALSA:iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
> > (ALSA:iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
> > Device supports up to 5.1 (digital output, AC3,DTS,))
> > -------------
> > 
> > 2010-08-12 20:40:52.087 AO: Opening audio device
> > 'iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0' ch 6(2) sr 44100 sf signed 32 bit reenc
> 0
> > 2010-08-12 20:40:52.087 ALSA: Setting IEC958 status: audio
> > 2010-08-12 20:40:52.091 Opening ALSA audio device
> > 'iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0'.
> > 2010-08-12 20:40:52.091 ALSA: SetParameters(format=10, channels=6,
> > rate=44100, buffer_time=100000, period_time=50000)
> > 2010-08-12 20:40:52.091 ALSA, Error: Channels count 6 not
> available:
> > Invalid argument
> > 2010-08-12 20:40:52.091 ALSA, Error: Unable to set ALSA parameters:
> > Invalid argument
> > 2010-08-12 20:40:52.091 AudioOutput Error: Aborting reconfigure
> > 2010-08-12 20:40:52.091 AudioPlayer: Disabling Audio, reason is:
> > Aborting reconfigure
> > ------------------
> > 
> > AO: Sample rate 48000 is supported
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.091 AO: Killing AudioOutputDSP
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.091 AO: Original codec was DTS, signed 16 bit,
> 48
> > kHz, 6 channels
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.091 AO: Opening audio device 'default' ch 6(6)
> sr
> > 48000 sf signed 16 bit reenc 1
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.091 ALSA: Setting IEC958 status: audio
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.095 MythSocket(e8bebe8:50): read  <- 50 6      
> > 131072
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.095 Read(): reqd=131072, rcvd=131072,
> rept=131072,
> > error=0
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.095 Opening ALSA audio device 'default'.
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.096 MythSocket(e8bebe8:50): write -> 50 50     
> > QUERY_FILETRANSFER 25[]:[]REQUEST_BLOCK[]:[]131072
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.096 MythSocket(e8bebe8:50): read  <- 50 6      
> > 131072
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.096 Read(): reqd=131072, rcvd=131072,
> rept=131072,
> > error=0
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.096 ALSA: SetParameters(format=2, channels=6,
> > rate=48000, buffer_time=100000, period_time=50000)
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.097 ALSA, Error: Channels count 6 not
> available:
> > Invalid argument
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.097 ALSA, Error: Unable to set ALSA parameters:
> > Invalid argument
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.097 AudioOutput Error: Aborting reconfigure
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.097 AudioPlayer: Disabling Audio, reason is:
> > Aborting reconfigure
> > 2010-08-12 20:50:00.097 AO: Killing AudioOutputDSP
> > 
> So,
> 
> Is this something I should add a bug report about?
> 
Never mind, figured it out....

no 5.1 upmixing with spdif.