On 18/12/2007, at 10:12 AM, Tom Lanyon wrote: > Greetings list, > > I've just setup a new PC with an AD 1988B sound chip on the > motherboard; it's hooked into my home theatre using an optical spdif > cable. I can play audio files using DTS and AC3 passthrough direct to > the receiver without issue. However, playing non encoded audio (MP3s, > FLAC audio, etc) is distorted through all volume levels. It also > doesn't make any difference if I have the IEC958 mixer level at 20% or > 100%.
A quick follow up to my own post -- just tried a .mkv file with AC3 audio, AC3 passthrough worked perfect. AC3 decoding and then playback seemed to work without distortion but was very quiet and made a 'pop' every time I fast-forwarded through the file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
