On 4/27/05, Paul Leppert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to send audio output to both the spdif and analog > outputs of a soundblaster live! or audigy2 card via mythtv? > > I am setting up my frontend to output video via the VGA output (to > drive my HDTV monitory) and svideo (to send to a modulator for the > whole house distribution). I want to be able to do the same thing via > the audio as well. For my main viewing, I want the digital output > (which I have today). But for the signal that is sent to the > modulator, that needs to be analog. I know I can switch between the > two (I haven't figured out yet how to get mythmusic to send a digital > audio, so I have to switch between analog and digital on my receiver > when I switch between mythtv and mythmusic), but can both be driven at > the same time? > > If not, is this supported via dual sound cards? In that case, if I > have a soundblaster card and integrated sound on the mobo (nvidia > nforce), can I just enable the mobo sound and go from there? Any > pointers on how to make this happen (especially on an already working > system (with the SB))? > > thanks, > phlepper >
Not too sure on both at the same time, but I would think so. Using alsamixer, I'd think you could adjust volume levels on both outputs and have then both sending audio. But.... I could be wrong. However, You definitely could use 2 audio cards. It seems a lot of MOBO Man. decide that if you are using a PCI sound, you don't need your onboard sound, and disable it. Asus seems to be this way. So, assuming you have 2 audio cards, you would enable 2 cards in your setup; /dev/dsp and /dev/dsp1. You could then control which output was used via alsamixer, specifying the different card using (IIRC) the -c option. Shouldn't be too hard once you figure out how to use the 2 mixers. Cool _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
