[mythtv-users] Analog line in to digital sound out?

[Trond Eivind Glomsrød]

MasterC wrote:

>On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:04:37 -0600
>Drew Bernat <abernat at zathras.net> wrote:
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>>Replying to myself... sigh.
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>>I saw earlier comments about setting the IEC958 and "Analog to IEC958" 
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>options in the mixer. Both of these are set, but I still get no sound. 
>Does anyone know if there has been a change in the ALSA code in recent 
>kernel versions?
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>>Drew
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>>On Dec 31, 2004, at 8:48 PM, Drew Bernat wrote:
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>>>I'm hoping someone knows how to pull this off.
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>>>I sent out an email a couple of days ago asking if anyone knew how to 
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>get the NForce chipset (with ALSA) to play from line in. As it turns 
>out, I was playing... on the analog output instead of the digital 
>output.
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>>>Situation: I use a PVR-350 as TV out. Quality is much better when 
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>using the PVR MPEG decoder instead of the frame buffer, but that means
> that sound comes out the PVR 350 instead of my NForce digital. I have
> the PVR output connected to the NForce line in, and I can hear sound 
>on the _analog_ output, but not the digital.
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>>>Does anyone know how to convince the ALSA driver (kernel 2.6.9) to 
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>play the line in on the digital out as well as analog out?
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>>>Thanks,
>>>Drew
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>>>Drew Bernat
>>>Paradyn Project                                                  __  ____
>>>bernat at cs.wisc.edu                                                |  |  |
>>>abernat at zathras.net                                                  |  |
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>Indeed, that's the key.  I ran this problem for 2 days solid trying to get
>SPDIF to work, but it just seemed a complete loss.  There should be 3
>'volume' levels on that particular mixer setting.  Setting it to the
>various levels enables/disables different types of output from your
>digital jack.  It should be the AC97-SPSA that you are looking at, and it
>should be set to '0'.  I've also got the AC-Link option enabled on the
>'playback source'.
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Doesn't work here, with a very similar setup...  Shuttle SN95G5, running 
FC3 x86_64
and ia32.  Everything playing to alsa, except for line-in which is where 
the TV sound is..
I can hear it on the analog out.