Hi! Just to make sure that I got you right: Basically, what you want to do is use one sound card for certain media types (let's say video) and another sound card for another type (maybe music). If you change that problem a little bit, it is easy to solve. If you want to use one sound card with one application and another sound card with another application, you can realize this by configuring the first application to use plughw:0,0 as a playback device and and the second to use plughw:1,0. Note that these are only examples. If they don't work, you may have to use other devices. Maybe this site helps a bit: http://alsa.opensrc.org/Asoundrc Now, if you solved the second (modified) problem, the "alsa part" of the problem is solved. If you are able to solve the first problem depends on the application you are using. Unfortunately, I don't know MythTV. Maybe you can configure it in a way that it uses one playback device for music and another one for TV. I know that with Amarok, you can select different devices for mono, stereo, 4.0 and 5.1 sound sources. I hope this helps a bit... Greets, Ingo Allan Klinbail schrieb: > Hi All > > I'm currently building a new system for the living room to suit dual > purposes. > > Primary - Video/TV PC (5.1) - audio player (stereo) > Secondary - recording room > > What I want to do to make this easy is set it up so MythTV defaults to > the S/Pdif only for video on the MB and everything else defaults to > analog out either from the MB but more likely from a second low latency > card for everything else. So my ideal setup is that video and game > (cedega) feeds go to the SPDIF to a 5.1 DTS/AC3 amp and everything else > goes to a stereo amp. > > Everything I've read focuses on one or the other. I really need some > advice on setting this up. > > I'm happy to sacrifice MythTV for MPD on the audio side if it's not > possible to direct one way for video and another for audio only on > MythTV but would prefer to run all general media through MythTV. > > I've been so focussed on my studio setup for the last few years I can't > seem to work out how to do what I want for the setup described above. > > Any tips will be highly appreciated. > > cheers > > Allan > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
