[mythtv-users] .24 Audio results: mixed

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

On 19 June 2010 06:55, Douglas Peale <Douglas_Peale at comcast.net> wrote:
> I did check those, and my amp does support them, and they work with the ALSA:default setting.


sigh... once again:

PULSE IS STEREO ONLY BY DEFAULT
AC3, DTS won't work.

Do NOT select 5.1 or 7.1 if you select pulse.

And another thing because you seems to keep insisting otherwise:
Do NOT select 7.1 with SPDIF

>
> While mythfront end was running, I selected "Live TV" I got no audio, so I hit "esc".
> I heard a pop from the speakers, so I hoped the audio system had self corrected so I selected "Live TV" again.
> I still had no audio so I hit "esc" again, brought up the mixer app, clicked on the mute button on the master volume control
> twice, then selected "Live TV" again.
> This time I got sound.

> This channel was doing Dolby Digital, so I switched to another channel that was not, then hit "esc" and closed mythfrontend.

This is an issue with the ALSA drivers, that's the behaviour you saw
earlier, it's still going to be like that after...
Looks like your IEC958 device is muted by default....

If you did what I've been trying to tell you from the beginning, it
could solve your issue.
Select the SPDIF port in the list of audio device.
It's the IEC958 ALSA:iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 if using spdif
or
ALSA:front:card=HDMI if using the HDMI connection

and ... once again.
PULSE IS STEREO ONLY BY DEFAULT
AC3, DTS won't work.

Do NOT select 5.1 or 7.1 if you select pulse.

Do NOT select 7.1 with SPDIF