[mythtv-users] No audio with flash-player

Alan Ferrero alanf at tin.it
Fri Jan 21 13:47:58 UTC 2011


> Alan,
>
> Since you are running over HDMI, do you send the audio as PCM or
> bitstream something else?  Try running 'iecset' at the command line.
> The Data: line will say either 'audio' or 'non-audio'.
> 'audio' means your sound system is sending PCM audio over the cable,
> which is the only thing flash can do to my knowledge.
>
> 'non-audio' is when you are bitstreaming DTS, AC3 or some other encoded audio.
>
> If something PCM tries to play at the same time as a bitstreaming
> protocol (or sometimes it just gets stuck), you need to stop whatever
> audio is playing, and manually reset the data line by executing
> 'iecset audio on'  You may have to restart Firefox for this to take
> effect.
>
> Let us know how it works out for you.

Hi Patrick and thanks for your help! :)
I wasn't familiar with such a command; I'll give it a try this evening 
and report back asap :)

Alan


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