Why dont you just try -ao alsa:pcm=default your said your soundcard doesnt have spdif and you arent using it, so why are you telling softdevice to use spdif?
ich wrote: > thats quite sure. > the only way momentarly getting the softdevice running is with "-ao > dummy:". without it, it complains about: > "[softdevice-audio] Playback open error: plug:spdif, Invalid argument > FATAL exiting". > for my understanding, it gets ac3 audio stream from the tv-card, and > tries to open the default audio, spdif in this way. i just must redirect > it to the right device, but which one? > > i'm searching for a command line containing somethings like > "-ao alsa:pcm=plug:spdif#ac3=plug:spdif#". > as one can see, i've tried several "plugs" like spdif, default, line and > front, but none worked. > i've searched some time the net, but nothing found explaining something > like this. > > i explicitly do not want to learn the alsa api, write my own program, > which in turn tests some various strings, witch might work for my > softdevice. (i've already taken a look at the api, and it is a bit > difficult for my limited programming skills...) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > > _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
