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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’m running Ubuntu Feisty and Myth SVN 14799.
I’ve been using “packaged” version of mplayer – which
has worked fine. When playing DTS/AC3 encoded movies I had the choice of
listening to audio over the TV speakers (regular left/right stereo) or turn on
the receiver and listen to the SPDIF DTS/AC3. There has been some
improvements in Mplayer which I wanted to take advantage of so I removed the
package version (apt-get uninstall mplayer)<st1:PersonName w:st="on">, </st1:PersonName>downloaded
the latest mplayer source<st1:PersonName w:st="on">, </st1:PersonName>compiled
and re-installed….I had to enter afm=hwac3 in the ~.mplayer/config file
to get DTS/AC3 sound to work – but with that parameter in I only get a
loud hissing noise on my TV stereo speakers. Take the hwac3 out and
restart – I have stereo output to the TV (and also to the receiver) –
but no DTS/AC3. I spent an hour last night digging to no avail….Any
one have suggestion? I normally keep the DTS/AC3 receiver turned
off when I don’t want surround sound – just standard analog
left/right TV sound is fine most of the time – and it worked great
before. I’ve done this procedure before on another
install – months ago – and ran into the same issue….noise on
the analog output when a DTS/AC3 signal is present….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks for any suggestion…rk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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