Yup -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Ford Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:34 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] ALSA Sound and Video Modes
Do you have 'IEC958 Output' turned on in Alsamixer? Mike Ford On Sunday 31 July 2005 8:21 pm, Brandon Rogers wrote: > If this helps on the sound question, if I switch over to the standard audio > out jack, then I get sound as well. Seems like the sound is being routed > correctly over the SPDIF > > Thanks, > Brandon > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brandon Rogers > Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 7:16 PM > To: 'Discussion about mythtv' > Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] ALSA Sound and Video Modes > > Thanks everyone who replied on this and helped out. The sound is still not > working, but holding my finger next to the optical out on the back of the > card shows light, so I suppose that it is working from the point of view of > my computer, anyway. My surround sound receiver isn't recognizing the > signal unfortunately. I guess the only three possible problems is that the > sound is being encoded in a way that the receiver doesn't understand, the > light isn't actually carrying any sound and I still have a configuration > problem, or the receiver has a broken optical in (which has never been used > before, so who knows...). I think (hope) it is probably the second or > first one, but I'll keep playing with it. If you have ANY suggestions, I'm > pleased to receive them. > > Also, at first, I thought the clarity of the 1080i (540p in some cases) is > actually better than the NTSC output. However, after playing with things, > I'm not sure this is the case. Most of the clarity seems to come from > simply having such a low resolution (the text is huge). Sure, there is > *some* clarity enhancements, but seeing as the resolution is so low, I > wonder if it is really worth it. I can crank my resolution up, modulate it > to NTSC, and I get more screen real estate, the picture quality (for an > average video user) are very close (admittedly, the 1080i/540p is better), > but by how much and is it really worth it? What does everyone think? > > Thanks, > Brandon > > PS. I am piping the video to an HDTV over DVI->HDMI. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Ford > Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 5:57 PM > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] ALSA Sound > > Create a .asoundrc file with the following and place it into the home > directory of the myth user. Then use ALSA:default or ALSA:spdif in Mythtv > and Mythmusic. Also, make sure you turn off "Multi Track Rate Locking" if > enabled or you will get sound output at the wrong speed. This will > effectively output all sound through your optical out so your > receiver/processor can do all the work. > > pcm.!default { > type plug > slave.pcm "cards.pcm.iec958" > } > > pcm.!spdif { > type plug > slave.pcm "cards.pcm.iec958" > } > > pcm.!iec958 { > type plug > slave { > pcm "hw:0,1" > format S32_LE > } > } > > Mike Ford > > On Sunday 31 July 2005 1:41 pm, Brandon Rogers wrote: > > All, > > > > I know this has probably been talked about before, but since > > after 2 days of searching Google and trying "solutions" others have > > posted, > > > I will come back and ask a question (which has probably already been > > asked 1000 times). I have the Chaintech AV710 soundcard which seems like > > a popular card due to its price/performance. How do I get this card's > > optical out to work with my Surround Sound Amplifier? Does it output 5.1 > > Surround? If so, what do I need to do to get it to work? I've read the > > MythTV Fedora HowTO and the links off that page in attempt to get the > > sound > > > to work. I've replaced a zillion alsa sound files, but still doesn't > > work. > > > If I route the sound to PCM out, I can hear it off the Line Out port. > > > > > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > Brandon > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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