> >I want to use digital output on my soundcard. The card have both an > >optical and coax connection the card is a Intel 80801EB/ER ICH5 AC97. > > > >So this is what I've done so far. Checked out alsamixer and found settings > >that seem interesting IEC958 and IEC958 Playback. IEC958 can't be changed > >in any way neither can the level be changed nor can it be muted. IEC958 > >Playback level can be changed at 4 specific positions 0, 33, 66 and 100%. > >This all I can find in alsamixer that has to do with digital output. I've > >connected both the optical and the coax outputs to the corresponing inputs > >on my amplifier and it detects NO digital signal. So I downloaded a lot of > >different mixer to see if anything made me lucky. In a mixer called > >opmixer there is a setting called dig1, if I unmute this on I get PCM > >48kHz detected on my amplifier but it doesn't seem stable since my amp > >loses it for short moments every now and then. > > > >After digging thru some material I found that sound have to be directed > >directly for digital output via a specific hardware option in i.e. mplayer. > > > >mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=0.0 is the correct setting for analog output > >mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=0.3 should be the correct setting for digital > >output > > > >Well I get no sound what so ever when using the digital output options in > >mplayer even though me amp has detected a digital signal.
A lot of people including myself have had success by following the instructions at http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/DigitalSoundHowTo After following his setup and making the .asoundrc right for my card I went into the MythTV settings and set the Audio Output device to ALSA:mixed-digital. Regards, Phill _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
