Thanks Michael, Where do I look next to solve the problem. dmix build the lastest alsa from source submit a bug to the mythtv team What is my next step? Thanks, Jon On May 5, 2007, at 2:31 AM, Michael Bourgeous wrote: > You're probably hearing Dolby Digital data being played as though it > were raw PCM data. This can happen if the wrong control bytes are set > on the IEC958 interface, or if part of the AC3 stream that tells the > decoder what kind of stream it is receiving is never sent. I'm not > sure what else can cause the problem; I have the same problem > sometimes after seeking in xine, with an emu10k1. Since it looks like > you are using dmix as well, dmix might be interfering with the > transition from PCM to AC3. > > On 5/4/07, Jon Boehm <boehm100@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Config: >> Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (server) upgraded from Edgy >> using SPDIF connection onboard GA-965P-S3 ALC883 >> asound.conf configured with this how to http://mythtv.org/wiki/ >> index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound >> where Alsa:default = dmix-digital >> >> Using mythtv, when i switch from a prologic recording to a Dolby >> Digital recording I get a 1/2 second of LOAD, speaker popping, >> distortion then the audio track plays normally. I sound kind'a like >> "FFiSTT" >> >> I'm new to this but I'm guessing this might be bad data while the >> buffer fills the first time?? It does not happen with two back to >> back DD tracks. >> >> Another data point, under Edgy, I saw similar behavior when I >> directly used ALSA:SPDIF. The problem went away when I used the >> above asound.conf. Not so lucky under Feisty. :-( >> >> Thanks for the help, >> Jon >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >> http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Alsa-user mailing list >> Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
