[mythtv-users] Setting the right audio device in mythtv

[Nathan A. Smith]

On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 13:53 +0100, Nick wrote:
> On 14/10/06, Nathan A. Smith <nasa01 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to get my audio to work (still....)  and have gotten to this
> > point.
> >
> > The following commands produce sound as expected:
> >
> > mplayer -ao alsa -ac hwac3 bjorn_lynne-secret_world_\(surround_version
> > \).ac3
> > speaker-test -Dplug:iec958 -c6
> > aplay -Dplug:dmix english.au
> > mplayer Music/Country/Shania\ Twain* -ao alsa:device=plughw=dmix
> > mplayer Music/Country/* -ao alsa:device=plughw=iec958
> >
> > in addition I can use -Dplug=default.
> >
> > But putting any of those devices (dmix, iec958, default) in the general
> > settings dialog produces errors from
> > unknown PCM
> > to
> > "no such file or directory"
> 
> Did you use:
> 
> ALSA:iec958 or ALSA:default?
Yes,

I guess I wasn't clear....

I put ALSA:iec958, ALSA:default, and ALSA:dmix with the given
results.... 
(ie: unknown PCM, "no such file...")

Nasa

> 
> Nick
> 
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