Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa SPDIF+analog at same time

[Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>]

On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 17:50 +0100, Alexander Puchmayr wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> I'd like to have an audio signal on both the SPDIF and the analog output. I 
> know that this is possible, since I had such configuration some weeks ago, but 
> due to some circumstance I really can't reproduce it suddenly doesn't work 
> anymore.

possibly alsa / gnome updates?

> SPDIF itself works fine when playing AC3 or DTS streams in Mythtv, but there's 
> only an analog signal when I play videos that only have MP2/MP3 streams or if 
> I play music (mp3,ogg, etc) - there is no signal on SPDIF in this case.
> 
> So, how do I get back the non-AC3/DTS-Audiostreams on SPDIF?

with mplayer I used to use this command to get spdif output:
mplayer -afm hwac3 blah.avi

also, with the old (2.24?) gnome alsa mixer, I found I had to add the
spdif or IEC device (can't quite remember), and although it was a
slider, it only worked in an on or off fashion.

Not much help for you I know, but I can't run the same mixer anymore to
find out.

HTH,
-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

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