On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:50:13 -0500, Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, I've taken another run at this using some of the directions located here: > http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/DigitalSoundHowTo > and > http://home.comcast.net/~alf_park/mythtv.html > > However, it occurs to me that I may have been mistakenly referring to > the TOSLINK jack as SPDIF. My mobo has both an optical TOSLINK and a > coax SPDIF (unless I'm once again callling things by the wrong name). > I'd like to get the TOSLINK working, thought the coax would be ok. Do > these instructions still apply? > > > On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 23:24:09 +0100, Simon Lundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael Haan wrote: > > > > >I'm mid re-install even as I write this. I was tring to avoid alsa > > >n/c ultimately I want to use my board's spdif out and, frankly, under > > >alsa this appeared to complex. I guess we'll see. > > > > > > > > >On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:43:48 -0500, Craig Partin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:25:05 -0600, jl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>>I spent a very long time with the same problem - 3 sound cards, 2 sets > > >>>of speakers - even headphones! > > >>> > > >>>If I remeber correctly (knew I was going to forget) I think "alsactl > > >>>store" finally saved the mixer settings so I could get sound out of the > > >>>speakers. If that isn't it start looking for how to save alsa mixer > > >>>settings. > > >>> > > >>>jl > > >>> > > >>>Michael Haan wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>"Finished" my new myth install last night, and there's no sound. The > > >>>>simple explanation might be that I didn't install alsa, trying instead > > >>>>to get it to work with just the nvidia driver. So, I emerge'd > > >>>>alsa-tools (it's a gentoo system) and loaded alsa > > >>>>(/etc/init.d/alsasound start), and adjusted my sound settings using > > >>>>alsamixer - but nothing. Now, I don't have alsa in my "USE" flags, so > > >>>>mayber that's it, but I'm not sure what else to try next to get this > > >>>>working. Anyone? > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>>> > > >>>>_______________________________________________ > > >>>>mythtv-users mailing list > > >>>>[email protected] > > >>>>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>_______________________________________________ > > >>>mythtv-users mailing list > > >>>[email protected] > > >>>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>If you don't have myth compiled with ALSA then you will need to have > > >>OSS emulation. Without the alsa use flag it it will not have native > > >>ALSA support. You will need the alsa module snd_intel8x0 (for nforce > > >>boards) and snd_pcm_oss (for OSS emulation) to be loaded. > > >> > > >>Try alsaconf and see if that gets you anywhere. Usually works for me. > > >> > > >>When I was setting up my gentoo myth box on nforce I read about lots > > >>of people having trouble with the nvidia sound drivers, so I went with > > >>ALSA. It works beautifully on my system. Check the gentoo wiki > > >>how-to, one of them has options for an nforce board. > > >> > > >> > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>mythtv-users mailing list > > >>[email protected] > > >>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >> > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>mythtv-users mailing list > > >>[email protected] > > >>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >> > > >> > > I had the same problem last week. Re-emerging the alsa-related ebuilds > > fixed it, if I remember correctly. > > //Simon > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > They are both S/PDIF. TOSLINK refers to the optical cable. They are digital links, it just depends on wether you want your bits represented by photons or electrons. I think coax cables are a bit cheaper.
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