[mythtv-users] Fwd: Digital Audio on HDMI MB not working

[Phil Wild]

>
> >> Try aplay -Dhw:0,3 /some/dolbydigital/audio/file.wav
>
> i get nadda with the aplay command above.  actually, i get: "Playing
> WAVE 'a_sound.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 11025 Hz, Mono aplay:
> set_params:954 Sample format non available
>


hmmmm.... can you try...

aplay -Dplughw:0,3 /some/dolbydigital/audio/file.wav

>
> I got messages using aplay like "Warning: rate is not accurate
> (requested = 44100Hz, got = 48000Hz)", so I was never sure if it was
> supposed to work.
>
> I wound up doing my sans-mythtv testing using the following form.
> Note that for mplayer you use a period, instead of a comma, between
> the zero and the three.
>
> mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=0.3 -afm hwac3
/some/dolbydigital/audio/file.wav

using the above mplayer settings i'm able to get a simple wav file to
> play out of the left speaker only.  but only the first time i play it.
>  if i try to play it multiple times it's like it gets cut off or
> starts in the middle.
> if i play an avi with AC3 content i get the machine gun static again.
> no errors in the output.
>
>
What version of alsa do you have?

Phil
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