Hi,
I'm trying to configure a mythtv box to send sound to my spdif port AND my analog stereo speakers.
In order to make the spdif port work, I found I needed this in /etc/asound.conf:
#---- pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "spdif" }
#----
I thought maybe this would work to send the sound to both....
#---- pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "front" slave.pcm "spdif" } #----
But that was a little naive... apparently. The sound just goes to whichever item I put last.
I know right next to nothing about writing alsa config files... and every example I find is very large, very complicated looking, and doesn't do what I want.
Can someone tell me how to configure alsa for this?
What I want - exactly - Sound to always go to both the "front" (my 2 channel stereo speakers), and my spdif output, with anywhere between 1 and 5.1 channels... depending on what my source audio has. I also want mythtv to pass the full 5.1 channels from HD to the spdif port, while sending the stereo sound to the analog.
Some info:
# aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
#aplay -L front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC888 Digital IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
Thanks!
Dan