[mythtv-users] Asus M3N78-VM SPDIF

[Ma Begaj]

2009/3/24 Doug Young <goofdad at gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 5:13 AM, Ma Begaj <derliebegott at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to update it for the
>>> benefit of those using gossamer and wanting to build a frontend based
>>> on this board.  HDMI audio out DOES work with the latest BIOS update.
>>
>>
>> this is OT ... can you switch between HDMI-audio and S/PDIF (IEC958)
>> in alsamixer?
>>
>> thanks
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>
> Ma...
>
> I'll look and see what I can figure.  The mobo manual says that it's
> supposed to be a switch in the BIOS between SPDIF and HDMI, but it's
> not there in either 903 or 907.  I'll play around and see if I can get
> the toslink to light up, but I'm not set up to test beyond that ;-)
> Audio over HDMI was why I bought this board and I'm just happy I can
> get it to do that!
> --


I am interested  in switching with alsamixer or something similar. I
would like to use HDMI audio for stereo and SPDIF for surround. I am
using a mplayer script for that at the moment, but I hope that
mythfrontend will be able to switch audio target depending on sound
type.