[mythtv-users] Turtle Beach Riviera SPDIF Problems

Steve Skarda steveskarda at gmail.com
Tue Mar 28 17:19:16 UTC 2006


On 3/27/06, Jason Chrin <jasonchrin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Jason Chrin wrote:
> > > Hello there.
> > >
> > > I'm having some troubles getting my SPDIF to work in MythTV.  It works
> >
> > > fine from mplayer in MythVideo and from aplay on the command line.  I
> > > read the wiki here
> > > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound and
> > > tried the various suggestions with no luck.  I also tried snagging a
> > > .asoundrc file from the wiki for CMI8738-MC6 posted here
> > > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Asoundrc_CMI8738-MC6 with similar
> > > results.
> > >
> > > This is a fresh build that I made this morning.  I previously was
> > > using FC1 with .14, but since I got the new sound card and a bigger hd
> >
> > > figured I should upgrade.  Everything else seems to be back to normal,
> > > but I can't seem to wrap my head around this one.  (pretty much a
> > > linux noob too, just know enough to get myself in trouble).  Also, how
> >
> > > can I tell if my mythtv install is compiled with ALSA support?  I
> > > pretty much followed Jarod's guide and yum'ed my way through the
> > install.
> > >
> > I run mine with no .asoundrc at all.  I put ALSA:default in the Myth
> > General setup for audio device.  Make sure the IEC958 is unmuted (I
> > believe there are two places, the first IEC958 and the last one on
> > mine).  Then it works fine.
> >
> > Kevin
>
>
> Thanks for the suggestions Kevin.  I tried removing my .asoundrc file and
> tried using ALSA:default and ALSA:spdif for my audio device with no luck.  I
> also checked in alsamixer and the first and last selections for the IEC958
> aren't muted.  I then tried creating a new .asoundrc with just a basic entry
> of:
> pcm.snd-cmipci{
> type hw
> card 0
> device 2
> }
> again no luck.  Any other ideas, or do you remember any other fiddling you
> had to do to get it to work?
>
> Thank you,
> Jason
>
>
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I don't have the same card as you but I needed to update Alsa from CVS to
get my card to work with Alsa:default.   Might be worth a try if you have
exhausted your options.
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