On 18/12/05, Johan Kihlström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sön 2005-12-18 klockan 01:15 +0000 skrev Nick: > > On 18/12/05, Johan Kihlström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a similar setup as above and just did aplay somesoundfile.wav and > > > it went out the right way(through spdif into SurroundrReciever) > > > > > > A lot of hours compiling an googling felt very worthwhile at that point. > > > Now if only I could get Xine to output to spdif instead of crashing... > > > > Johan, > > > > When I got xine working with my SPDIF output, the only lines I needed > > to check (in ~/.xine/config) were: > > > > # device used for stereo output > > audio.device.alsa_front_device:default > > > > # pass through to SPDIF > > audio.output.speaker_arrangement:Pass Through > > > > My default PCM device is my SPDIF output (configured using Mike Dean > > excellent Digital Sound HOWTO), after specifying the speaker option, > > everything worked immediately, and my blue Dolby Digital light lit up > > as soon as I played a DVD. > > > > The other SPDIF related entries were OK left at their defaults: > > > > #audio.device.alsa_passthrough_device:iec958:AES0=0x6,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x0,AES3=0x2 > > #audio.device.alsa_surround51_device:plug:surround51:0 > > > > Do you get any errors when xine crashes? > > > > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > Hi Nick, > > I have > > audio.device.alsa_front_device:default and > audio.output.speaker_arrangement:Pass Through set. > > also the > > #audio.device.alsa_passthrough_device:iec958:AES0=0x6,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x0,AES3=0x2 > > #audio.device.alsa_surround51_device:plug:surround51:0 > > bits. > > When trying to play I get : Audio device not available, please check if > yada, yada. > > Only software running the audio device is Xine AFAIK. > > In the xine log there's : > > audio_decoder error : unknown buffer type 01060000 > audio_decoder error : unknown buffer type 02000000 > audio_decoder error : unknown buffer type 04000000 > > > Been googling and fussing around for a couple of days now and haven't > got to the end of it yet. A bit frustrating really, as this was the > final hurdle to get a brand new gentoox installation running flawlessly > on my Xbox with 5.1 sound from all DVB channels that provide it, besides > running the DVD's with the best sound possible.
What is the output of 'aplay -l' and 'aplay -L' - maybe an incorrect device is being used? Are you using a customised .asoundrc file? I'd also make sure the KDE sound server is disabled (if using KDE). > Best regards & happy holidays! And to you too! Nick _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
