[mythtv-users] MythMusic - CD Playback - Not working

[Allen Edwards]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:21 AM, Ray Whiteman
<ray.whiteman at consultant.com> wrote:
> Allen Edwards wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Ray Whiteman
>> <ray.whiteman at consultant.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I run Mythbuntu 7.10 with Mythtv 0.21. I am having difficulty with what
>>> I think is an ALSA/Mythtv audio set-up problem.
>>>
>>> I have Myth set-up and working perfectly for TV, MP3 Music, MPlayer
>>> Playback (SPDIF pass through working for everything)
>>>
>>> When I go into Media Library>Listen to Music>Edit Playlist and select my
>>> CD that is in the CD drive. I see the songs on the CD are all listed in
>>> the playlist (cddb lookup worked), with the first highlighted yellow.
>>> But I don't hear any sound and the CD drive isn't spinning.
>>>
>>> I can play the CD perfectly from VLC though!
>>>
>>> This is driving me nuts as the Wife Approval Factor is dropping (she
>>> wants to be able to drop a disk in and have mythtv "just play it").
>>>
>>> I have tried many combinations of audio settings in set-up > General
>>> some give me results that work in Mplayer,  DVD and TV etc, but not in
>>> the "playback from CD" area.
>>>
>>> I am running a pretty basic Setup > General audio setup
>>>
>>> Audio output device:     /dev/dsp
>>> Passthrough Output Device:    default
>>> Enable AC3 to SPDIF passthrough: Checked
>>> Enable DTS to SPDIF passthrough: Checked
>>> Aggressive sound card buffering: Off
>>> Use Internal Volume Controls: Off
>>>
>>> I have an .asoundrc that looks like this.
>>>
>>> pcm.!default {
>>>        type plug
>>>        slave {
>>>                rate 48000
>>>                pcm "spdif"
>>>        }
>>> }
>>>
>>> Any tips? I suspect I have a sound configuration that requires further
>>> tuning, I just need a bump in the right direction......
>>>
>>> Any help appreciated.
>>>
>>
>> Try this:
>> delete or rename .asoundrc
>> delete or rename alsa.conf
>> Audio output device:  ALSA:spdif
>> Passthrough output devide: ALSA:iec958:(AESO 0x02)
>> max Audio channels Stereo (5.1 is broken, you will still get 5.1 if
>> you check stereo)
>> Upmix: Passive
>> Enable AC3 to SPDIF passthrough: Checked
>> Enable DTS to SPDIF passthrough: Checked
>> Aggressive sound card buffering: Off
>> Use Internal Volume Controls: Off
>>
>> I don't seem to have an option to play CD so I cannot test it but this
>> setup works for everything else.
>>
>> Note: There is a very knowledgeable poster who may have a secret ASLS
>> setup that works, but I have not found one and this setup has worked
>> for several others who have had trouble.  We are hoping he posts his
>> setup but until then, try this one.
>>
>> This works with Mythbuntu 8.04 and I think with 7.10 also. The issue
>> is you want a version that has default alsa configurations so that you
>> can safely delete the config files.
>>
>> Aparently the wiki is not intended to document passthrough, btw.
>>
>> Allen
>>
>>
> Allen,
>
> Success! All I needed to do was rename/delete my .asoundrc, I have left
> everything else alone, and it works.
>
> BTW, you play CD's by going into playlist mode and selecting the CD. Bit
> clunky interface wise, but there you are.
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Glad to hear it works!

Allen