[mythtv-users] ALSA and SPDIF Out For nForce2 Motherboards

[Scott Elliott]

On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 09:45, Wayde Milas wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 22:41, Mike Denver wrote:
> > I followed your directions, and was able to make get my s/pdif to work with
> > mplayer work by "gmplayer -ao alsa9:nforce" now I can't duplicate this. Also
> > I don't have the option in myth to select alsa9:xxxx. This seems to be a
> > pretty popular topic so has anyone put together an expanation on how
> > everything works together, what all to check? ie: ~/.mplayer/config,
> > .asource which controls in alsamixer controls s/pdif.
> 
> I'm having EXACTLY the same problem, but with the emu10k driver. I dont
> think its related to any hardware (nforce2 ect) but with the fact that
> myth cant chose the correct alsa device.
> 
> What I want to know is HOW are people getting a alsa9:xxxx selector in
> myth? I cant find it anywhere.
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
The only way to set it is to go into mysql and update the value in the
"settings" table for the "AudioOutputDevice". You have to use the
correct format: "ALSA:device", so something like "ALSA:nforce" or
"ALSA:hw:2,0".  This is all because the ALSA support is unfinished and
not really well supported.

That being said, look for previous posts about the nforce SPDIF output. 
I use it with the ALSA OSS emulation, with the device /dev/sound/adsp. 
I never got it working well directly with myth & ALSA.

-- 
Scott Elliott <selliott at insight.rr.com>