Is your receiver's DTS indicator light still lit after you decode with MPlayer? Do you reset (re-synch) your receiver after changing the format coming across your SPDIF? On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 11:34 +0100, Paolo Saggese wrote: > On Wednesday 19 December 2007 03:00, Tom Lanyon wrote: > > > Interestingly, when I use mplayer to decode my DTS test file and play > > via SPDIF, it comes out distorted. If I tell mplayer to use DTS > > passthrough on the same file, it sounds perfect. > > > > I tested playing the same files as decoded PCM via the optical SPDIF- > > out on my laptop (Mac OSX, not ALSA) into the same receiver and it > > played perfect, so its nothing on the receiver/HT end. > > that's really strange... :-/ > > > Any other ideas? > > mmh... not really. :-( > > The only other things that I may suggest is to try playing > trough different devices, i.e. try hw and plughw, as well > as to try using "iecset" to see what's your card settings. > > Perhaps you don't get the "audio" mode set on spdif? > > > Ciao, > Paolo. > > -- > Skype: Paolo.Saggese > http://borex.lngs.infn.it/saggese > You can still escape from the GATES of hell: Use Linux! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services > for just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- Dr. Brian L Scipioni 909 Austin Ave Atlanta, GA 30307 home: 404.525.8911 cell: 404.771.3740 brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user