On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 17:50 +0100, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > Hi there! > > I'd like to have an audio signal on both the SPDIF and the analog output. I > know that this is possible, since I had such configuration some weeks ago, > but > due to some circumstance I really can't reproduce it suddenly doesn't work > anymore.
possibly alsa / gnome updates? > SPDIF itself works fine when playing AC3 or DTS streams in Mythtv, but > there's > only an analog signal when I play videos that only have MP2/MP3 streams or if > I play music (mp3,ogg, etc) - there is no signal on SPDIF in this case. > > So, how do I get back the non-AC3/DTS-Audiostreams on SPDIF? with mplayer I used to use this command to get spdif output: mplayer -afm hwac3 blah.avi also, with the old (2.24?) gnome alsa mixer, I found I had to add the spdif or IEC device (can't quite remember), and although it was a slider, it only worked in an on or off fashion. Not much help for you I know, but I can't run the same mixer anymore to find out. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, why practice?
