On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Allen Edwards <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:allen.p.edwards@gmail.com">allen.p.edwards@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
It is actually a little more complicated although I think some of the<br>
new HD Audio chips should be able to do it. What you want is the<br>
passthrough of the SPDIF untouched by alsa or pulse audio and yet you<br>
want a stereo decode of the data stream for your TV.<br>
<br>
I have the same setup and what I did was take an old Technics digital<br>
decoder box and set it to stereo. Its outputs go to the TV. I hook<br>
up to the spdif connection on the MB and built a level shifter out of<br>
some resistors and a capacitor to provide the signal to the second<br>
decoder. The main decoder is 5.1. These boxes have DTS and show up<br>
on ebay occasionally. One sold recently for $120.<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br>Too complicated...I already have what I want working, I just need to make it easier to toggle between the two modes. Unfortunately my amp doesn't output line level audio when the input is digital either. <br>
<br>"what about a menu item which runs a script that does a mysql command<br>
to toggle the appropriate setting in the database?"<br><br>I like the idea of using a mysql command from either a top level menu option or a button press. Unfortunately, I don't know the first thing about mysql or how to assign a command like that to a new menu item. I suppose I can learn if I get motivated enough.<br>