[mythtv-users] stereo and 5.1?

[David Knight]

On Sat, January 8, 2011 4:39 pm, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> On 9 January 2011 03:29, David Knight <dlknight at sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
>> I have played again with it this morning using fixes/0.24 and found it
>> still does not function as described above.
>
> I'm not sure what description you're referring to, but based on what
> you wrote below, it seems that you completely misunderstood the
> instructions given above.
>
>>
>> Audio is passed through to the receiver but the original DD/DTS signal
>> is
>> NOT passed through (it appears to be decoded by MythTV).
>>
>> Also after navigating back to audio setup options speaker configuration
>> has reset to Stereo instead of 5.1 (probably because my analog output
>> device is only stereo).
>
> if set to stereo: no passthrough of anykind will occur. period
>
> The instructions given above was to override the passthrough device
> with a different one, not to use the spdif audio device as the main
> device, which it seems is what you are trying to do
>
>

Perhaps this is the problem there is no clear explanation of these
features within the program?

This is my understanding (that may be wrong), the default audio device is
where all default audio output will occur?

However if a digital passthrough device is configured then the selected
digital audio types (e.g. DD/DTS) will be passed through to the device
specified in the advanced configuration?

Otherwise what is the point in specifying the passthrough device?

As I previously stated mythtv doesn't send the DD/DTS in its raw form to
the passthrough device. Shouldn't it be doing so?

If I am understanding correctly then maybe two speaker configuration
options are required? one for the main output device and one for the pass
through device?

Regards

Dave K.