[mythtv-users] Disk I/O problems? [SOLVED]

[Stephen P. Villano]

On 8/24/14, 10:47 AM, Andrew C. (AFPup) Stadt wrote:
> On 24/08/2014 8:10 AM, Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 10:03:00 PM Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
>>> Amazing you get any audio at all if using spdif.
>>> How is everything connected?
>> - HDMI to the TV
>> - Optical out from the TV to the Amp
>>
>> sp/dif - Are you refering to the Optical Cable between the TV and the
>> AMP?
>> would that be an issue?
>>
>> I thought my only concern was the audio over hdmi.
>>
>> The amp supports Dolby and DTS.
>>
>>
> While YMMV, I've never been able to get this configuration working
> with any TV that I've had in my possession. I've had lots of TV's that
> would output the received hdmi audio but only in stereo.  The best
> work around I could come up with was Myth->Amp (spdif), Myth->TV
> (hdmi, no audio). In the end I ended up getting an amp with hdmi
> passthru (Myth->Amp->TV).
>
> Again, YMMV, I think it has more to do with the capabilities of the TV
> to forward the audio then anything else.
>
> Andrew.
>
I picked up a HDMI pass through unit that split my HDMI audio to my
optical SPIDF for my receiver (older model that is 5.1 surround, but
doesn't have HDMI).
I usually end up turning down the television when we're using surround
and use the television audio when we're not using surround.