> How would your reciever understand a mix of AC3 and PCM data at the same > time? Or were you using two seperate outputs (ie: digital for AC3 and > analog for MP3/etc)? > > Jeff. > >
My receiver detects whether it's digital or analog and 'switches' accordingly from the same input. My test is from DVD's and AVI's, as well as from xbox games. I have my DVD player hooked up to my receiver via optical, and if a movie is AC3 (Dolby Digital) the receiver 'clicks' and shows a light that says "Dolby Digital". Otherwise, it just outputs with whatever fancy arrangement I pick (all stereo which outputs the same audio to the L/R to the Rear L/R, or a surround that is created by the receiver). Same with Xbox games that support DD/AC3 audio. I'm not so lucky however. I cannot, for the life of me, get any of my soundcards actually working with their SPDIF ports (digital coax). I've tried nearly every setting in alsamixer and dorked with my /etc/asound.state file, tried different options with ~/.asoundrc but get nothing, no PCM or AC3. Just figured I'd clarify how some people probably expect this to work. Chad _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
