Hi I use "-vo dfb:mgatv -ao alsa:pcm=plug:spdif#ac3=plug:spdif#" I not receiving AC3 DVB channels, but DVD AC3 sound works fine, but not DTS... Yes, I have softdevice.AC3Mode = 1 - passthrough. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lucian Muresan" <lucianm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 8:48 PM Subject: softdevice-0.5.0.20090218 and CVS: AC3 passthrough mode no longer working > Hi there, > > well, I haven't used softdevice anymore for a long time, because I had > some > strange video issues (only black screen with OSD, no video), and after I > decided to start with a fresh new system on my VDR machine, now I'm giving > vdr-1.7.7 a try, with the plugins that work already with it, softdevice > being one of them. > I tried this with softdevice-0.5.0.20090218 (as packaged in gentoo) and > CVS, > and my problem is that my external amplifier hooked up via optical SPDIF > detects no signal when switching to AC3 audio tracks of channels or > recordings. This works however when playing a video file with an AC3 track > in fbxine for example. I mostly copied over the settings from my old > system, > where even this ac3 passtrhrough with softdevice used to work. Here are > some > settings and outputs that might be relevant: > > > In /etc/vdr/setup.conf, I have: > CurrentDolby = 1 > DolbyTransferFix = 0 # don't know what this does, there is no difference > UseDolbyDigital = 1 > UseDolbyInRecordings = 1 > softdevice.AC3Mode = 1 # should be passthrough, right? > > > 'aplay -l' shows: > **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** > card 0: CMI8738 [C-Media CMI8738], device 0: CMI8738-MC6 [C-Media PCI > DAC/ADC] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > card 0: CMI8738 [C-Media CMI8738], device 1: CMI8738-MC6 [C-Media PCI 2nd > DAC] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > card 0: CMI8738 [C-Media CMI8738], device 2: CMI8738-MC6 [C-Media PCI > IEC958] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > > 'aplay -L' shows: > front:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0 > C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI DAC/ADC > Front speakers > rear:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0 > C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI 2nd DAC > Rear speakers > surround40:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0 > C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI 2nd DAC > 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers > surround41:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0 > C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI 2nd DAC > 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers > surround50:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0 > C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI 2nd DAC > 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers > surround51:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0 > C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI 2nd DAC > 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers > iec958:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0 > C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI DAC/ADC > IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output > null > Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) > > > > And the most important, the parameters given to the softdevice plugin: > '--plugin=softdevice -vo dfb:mgatv -ao alsa:pcm=default#ac3=hw:0,2#' > > I have to mention that normal mpeg audio is decoded and sent as PCM to the > SPDIF, only AC3 and only with vdr softdevice is the problem. I tried > hw:0,0 > and hw:0,1 as well, but no sound. How to deal with this, did I miss > something? > > Lucian > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > > _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
