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> hmmmm.... can you try...<br>
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> aplay -Dplughw:0,3 /some/dolbydigital/audio/file.wav<br>
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</div>i think i tried that as well. i know i had entered that into the Myth<br>
sound settings. unfortunately i only had about 10 minutes of computer<br>
time available last night as we had family over. maybe i'll have a<br>
bit more time to play tonight.<br>
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> What version of alsa do you have?<br>
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</div>i'm using 1.0.17 (i think). it's the default version shipping with<br>
Ubuntu 8.10. i believe you're one version (1.0.18) ahead. i may try<br>
to upgrade to that version and see if it helps.<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br>What is your output from aplay -l and aplay -L<br><br>The result I received changed considerably after upgrading alsa.<br><br>I am also running ubuntu 8.10 (mythbuntu actually) and used this script to upgrade also to the latest version<br>
<br><a href="http://www.stchman.com/alsa_update.html">http://www.stchman.com/alsa_update.html</a><br><br>Give that a go<br><br>Phil<br>