<div class="gmail_quote"><div>Follow-up:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> I worked a while this afternoon and now have the following... I connected my ShuttlePC to the Sony TV using HDMI, then the audio via standard headphone jack to my Sony Home Theater's RCA Input. This covers audio, but not the way I would like (remember, I could be carrying Optical to the Home Theater). With my temporarily spare Optical cable, I connected the TV Out to the Home Theater (it has both Optical and RCA TV Inputs accepting signals at the same time).<br>
</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>So, now I have my TV providing Optical audio to the stereo and my MythTV providing standard L/R audio to the stereo. In finding this solution, I noticed that my Optical output on my ShuttlePC does not appear to be producing any red light like the TV's Optical output. I have enabled High Definition Audio in my BIOS, and checked the two boxes in the MythTV Settings-Setup-General to "Allow DTS/AC3 passthrough to SPDIF". As one responder already wrote, ALSA does not yet provide support for carrying audio over HDMI. It appears that ALSA shouldn't have any problems with Optical output with these options even included when ALSA is the selected audio output device. Yes, I did check to make sure that my SPDIF jack was actually connected to the MB inside the case and it appears to be fine.</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Is there something I'm missing in the BIOS or MythTV Settings that would be keeping my SPDIF jack from producing signal (and thus a little red light)?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div>Thanks,</div><div> Reid</div></div>