I seem to only be able to do consumer electronics

[scottrules-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (scott j. o'brien)]

Laura,

Have you tried to play with the basic ALSA settings? I have found that
turning on the various channels one by one will let you figure out what you
need to enable for your SPDIF to work. Use the M key on each channel to
determine which are muted by default. I have done this for both onboard and
PCI audio setups and been successful with both.

Here is the link that will show you how alsamixer and alsactl work:
http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/alsamixer-and-alsactl-store-adjust-and-save-alsa-mixer-settings-p29/

Let me know if this doesn't work.



On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Laura Conrad <lconrad-O0WJhd4tT3hg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>
> A couple of orders from monoprice.com later, I have my home theater
> set up so that the cable box, the broadcast TV, and the DVD player are
> all playing digital surround sound.
>
> I have failed miserably at getting my computer to put anything out
> through the digital output, either with Windows or Linux.  I have
> found several pages that describe someone's struggle that ended up
> working, but doing the same things they do doesn't do it for me.
>
> I don't actually care if my mythtv recordings play in stereo or
> surround, but *somebody* must know how to make a current linux
> distribution use SPDIF.
>
> The actual computer that I care about is a 9.10 mythbuntu
> installation, but the cable is currently on my desktop with 9.4
> ubuntu.  In both cases it's the onboard sound card; a Realtek in the
> case of the downstairs computer and an Nvidia upstairs.
>
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