Chris, a.o.
Thanks again for your help and suggestions.
I have connected the PC to another receiver. The S/P DIFF TOSLINK
doesn't work on this system either, with 2 different optical cables. I
was able to make the connection with HDMI, sound and video on this newer
system.
I have tried Live CDs and the newest Ubuntu / Mint didn't work.
I also tried an older one to try the solution from the previous link,
but I couldn't install gstreamer-properties. I'll try and make a life
usb later!
Regards,
M.
On 10/07/2016 10:48 PM, marve wrote:
>
> Chris, a.o.
>
> On 10/06/2016 11:55 PM, chris hermansen wrote:
>> Marve and list,
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 1:13 PM, marve <ma...@xs4all.nl
>> <mailto:ma...@xs4all.nl>> wrote:
>>
>> Chris, a.o.
>>
>> Thanks for your suggestions!
>>
>> On 10/05/2016 10:19 PM, chris hermansen wrote:
>>
>> [stuff deleted]
>>
>>
>>> Second, I have spent endless hours futzing around with crappy
>>> intermittent optical connectors and poorly-designed sockets.
>>> Have you any other options to try?
>>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean!
>>
>> I used to have windows 7 on my system, where the TOSLINK SPDIF
>> worked well. A couple of weeks a go I checked my receiver with a
>> playstation and this works, so the receiver isn't broken.
>>
>> At the moment I'm using the internal speakers of my Dell. There
>> are HDMI outputs on the Dell, but my receiver hasn't got any of
>> that. Only optical and coaxial SPDIF (my computer only has the
>> optical).
>>
>>
>> Marve, what I mean here is have you tried other configurations that
>> do work, to isolate for certain that the problem is the Dell + Mint?
>>
>> For instance, you say "a couple of weeks ago I checked my receiver
>> with a playstation". You should check it again.
>>
>> Also, you should try a different TOSLINK connector that is (very
>> recently) known good, ideally the one you just used to check your
>> playstation.
>>
> Yes, it was one of the trouble shoot steps I toke, connecting my PS3
> to the receiver. I actually used the same optical cable and it worked!
>
>> Finally it would be good to try your Dell optical connected to a
>> different receiver.
> I'll see if I can do this in the near future!
>>
>>
>>> Third, when you send audio to the device, does the situation change?
>> This is kind of annoying! When I open Pulse Audio Volume Control
>> I can select the Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (Configuration)
>> and the Digital Output S/PDIF (Output Device). Then, when I "send
>> audio" for example, the volume meter on the Pulse Audio windows
>> starts dancing, but there is no sound coming from the speakers!
>>
>>
>>
>> Do you see anything odd in syslog / with dmesg? Any error messages
>> when you start to try to play something?
>>
> When I switch between Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output and Analog Stereo
> Duplex there are some rtkit-daemon messages, but no errors.
>> Did you run alsa-info.sh and share with this list (sorry I forget)?
>
> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=0f9430c56d6bee148b61b93f9f5cab744e96f3a0
>
>> Have you tried using aplay with the appropriate device?
>>
>> Seeing as you have Jack, Pulse and (I guess ALSA) installed... Not
>> knowing anything about Jack, have you tried booting from a live CD to
>> see if sound works without Jack?
>>
> I'll try this too!
>
> Thanks again!
>
> M.
>> --
>> Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com
>>
>> C'est ma façon de parler.
>
>
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