[mythtv-users] SPDIF Passthrough stopped working again

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

On 10 January 2011 01:29, Ole Nissen <mail at olenissen.com> wrote:
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> Sound outputdevice: ALSA: hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>
> Digital Audio Capabilities:
> Dolby digital + DTS
>
> Speaker configuration: Stereo

That's the reason.
If in stereo, passthrough will *never* work.

> Don't upscale to 5.1 surround (They are greyed out)
>
> Advanced sound configuration checked.
>
> Resample not checked
> Force sounddevice to 48kHz output no checked
> Seperate digital output device: ALSA:iec958:{ AES0 0x06}
> Stereo PCM only NOT checked.

check this one, because SPDIF only supports stereo pcm

>
> Internal sound control disabled
>
> Still no passthrough. Which of these settings are false?

you need to set up 5.1 audio and check stereoPCM (as I indicated earlier)