Well, that's working correctly then. (Sometimes you have to change
modes to make the receiver re-synch)
On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 22:02 +1030, Tom Lanyon wrote:
> On 19/12/2007, at 9:41 PM, Brian L Scipioni wrote:
>
> > Is your receiver's DTS indicator light still lit after you decode with
> > MPlay
On 20/12/2007, at 2:35 AM, Jeremy Mordkoff wrote:
>> I haven't reset/resync'd the receiver at all, but when I switch to
>> decoded audio the receiver displays 'PCM' instead of 'DTS', so it is
>> detecting the change.
>
> I would not be surprised if 'DTS' means AC3 and 'PCM' means anything
> else (
>
> I haven't reset/resync'd the receiver at all, but when I switch to
> decoded audio the receiver displays 'PCM' instead of 'DTS', so it is
> detecting the change.
I would not be surprised if 'DTS' means AC3 and 'PCM' means anything
else (isn't PCM headerless?).
Is mplayer transcoding to PCM?
> Interestingly, when I use mplayer to decode my DTS test file and play
> via SPDIF, it comes out distorted. If I tell mplayer to use DTS
> passthrough on the same file, it sounds perfect.
What is mplayer transcoding/decoding the audio to? Is it still trying to
use the HW decoder to play a file th
On Wednesday 19 December 2007 12:03, you wrote:
> I tried using 'plughw' but mplayer tells me it can't find the plughw
> lib:
> [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm.c:2105:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Cannot open shared
> library /usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_plughw.so
mmmh... do you have a 64bit
On 19/12/2007, at 9:41 PM, Brian L Scipioni wrote:
> Is your receiver's DTS indicator light still lit after you decode with
> MPlayer?
>
> Do you reset (re-synch) your receiver after changing the format coming
> across your SPDIF?
I haven't reset/resync'd the receiver at all, but when I switch t
Is your receiver's DTS indicator light still lit after you decode with
MPlayer?
Do you reset (re-synch) your receiver after changing the format coming
across your SPDIF?
On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 11:34 +0100, Paolo Saggese wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 December 2007 03:00, Tom Lanyon wrote:
>
> > Inter
On 19/12/2007, at 9:04 PM, Paolo Saggese wrote:
> that's really strange... :-/
>
> mmh... not really. :-(
>
> The only other things that I may suggest is to try playing
> trough different devices, i.e. try hw and plughw, as well
> as to try using "iecset" to see what's your card settings.
>
> Perha
On Wednesday 19 December 2007 03:00, Tom Lanyon wrote:
> Interestingly, when I use mplayer to decode my DTS test file and play
> via SPDIF, it comes out distorted. If I tell mplayer to use DTS
> passthrough on the same file, it sounds perfect.
>
> I tested playing the same files as decoded PC
On 18/12/2007, at 9:52 PM, Paolo Saggese wrote:
> may be you're having sample-rate mismatch problems?
>
> DTS/AC3 streams are usually 48KHz/24bit, while FLAC are most
> often 44.1KHz/16bit (CDDA).
>
> Perhaps your card is set for (or may do only) S/PDIF out at
> 48KHz, and you are trying to play a
On Tuesday 18 December 2007 02:02, Tom Lanyon wrote:
> > 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
[...]
> A quick follow up to
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 issu
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
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