[mythtv-users] Assistance with digital audio configuration requested

[Joseph Fry]

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:02 PM, John Nissley <jnissley at nissley.org> wrote:
> I am running close to the latest trunk of mythtv and for the last few
> months I have been having some interesting challenges with digital
> audio.
> I am running Fedora 18 and an intel CPU with intel graphics and sound
> drivers.  A few months ago the digital sound stopped going out through
> my spdif connector and started going through my DVI connector that is
> connected with a DVI to HDMI connector to my TV.  My TV has a spdif out
> but it only works for TV stations the TV tunes and not sound coming in
> from an HDMI port.  I am trying to get the digital sound to go through
> my SPDIF connection so I can get it to my tuner.
> Can anyone point me in the direction to get this resolved?
> Many thanks..

If the sound is being carried VIA the graphics cable, then most likely
you have two sound devices in your system.  One is probably a standard
Intel or Realtek HDA hosting your spdif.  The other is likely
associated with your video card.  In mythtv's playback menus, make
sure that your explicitly telling it to use the standard sound card,
not the video card.