[mythtv-users] SPDIF howto? C-Media card

[Big Wave Dave]

On Feb 6, 2008 4:43 PM, Mark Hutchinson <mark at onnow.net> wrote:
> Beating my head against the wall here.
> C-Media based card with SPDIF out.
> Just wanting to get this working.
>
> In Mythfrontend, audio setup, what is my device?
>
> Here is some output.  I am not sure how to test it from command line.
> I have the SPDIF connected to some speakers with the optical, but cant
> get any sound out.
>
> aplay -L
>
> 00-02: CMI8738-MC8 : C-Media PCI IEC958 : playback 1 : capture 1
> 00-01: CMI8738-MC8 : C-Media PCI 2nd DAC : playback 1
> 00-00: CMI8738-MC8 : C-Media PCI DAC/ADC : playback 1 : capture 1
> [root at markmythhd ~]# aplay -L
> default:CARD=CMI8738MC8
>      C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC8, C-Media PCI IEC958
>      Default Audio Device
> front:CARD=CMI8738MC8,DEV=0
>      C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC8, C-Media PCI DAC/ADC
>      Front speakers
> iec958:CARD=CMI8738MC8,DEV=0
>      C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC8, C-Media PCI DAC/ADC
>      IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
> null
>      Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
>
I would recommend looking at:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound_with_AC3_and_SPDIF
and
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound

Dave

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