[mythtv-users] SPDIF Passthrough stopped working again

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

On 9 January 2011 21:49, Ole Nissen <mail at olenissen.com> wrote:
> Hi again
>
> As stated in my first post, the "advanced audio settings"  and the
> "Separate digital output" is checked. On the same line as the "Separate
> digital output" it says: "Digital output unit:" and here I choose
> ALSA:iec958;{ AES0 0x06 } and also tried ALSA:iec958;{ AES0 0x02 } and
> ALSA:iec958:AES0=6 but with the same result.
> I do not have any where I can choose to "override passthrough device". Where
> exactly is that? Im still using the mythbuntu 0.24 fixed branch by the way.
> When I'm at the field where I put the "Digital output unit" the explanation
> at the buttom states something like:
> "Deprecated: Output unit for digital sound. This value is currently only
> used for ALSA and DirectX" (Translated from danish)

It is that field

If it's not doing passthrough, it falls under the same explanation as
I explained earlier today in the "stereo and 5.1?" thread.

Read it and follow the recommendations I explained there.