<span class="gmail_quote">On 1/10/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Albert James</b> <<a href="mailto:albertinnyc@yahoo.co.uk">albertinnyc@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
PROBLEM<br>When playing a DVD (or any surround/5.1 source), the analog audio output sends nothing but noise (crackles). This is not a huge problem because my receiver normally auto-detects the digital optical input and uses that instead of analog. It is a problem for me though, because I use the analog spliced to a multi-zone audio system, and so other rooms get a horrible noise when I play DVD's.
<br><br>What I was expecting, is the surround (5.1) signal sent to the digital output, and either a downmixed (ideal) signal sent to the analog connector, or only the front left/right signal sent to the analog output.<br>
<br>Can anybody point me in the right direction? I'm not sure yet if it's a myth issue or a hardware issue. I'm using ALSA and have enabled AC3/digital output in the myth config screens.<br> </blockquote><br>
As far as I can tell, it's nontrivial (impossible?) to get 5.1 surround sound out the analog outputs. I am in the exact position as you, with a multi-zone audio system, and I ended up buying this spdif -> analog converter to get around the problem:
<br><br><a href="http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=4907">http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=4907</a><br><br>Which just started shipping (and which I just received yesterday). I'll be putting it in today, so I can't report yet on how well it works.
<br><br>Hope this helps,<br>Jerry<br>