Acer Aspire Revo 3610 and AC3 SPDIF

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insider Wrote:Im embarassed about this, but I have found the source of the problem: a broken Toslink cable. Sorry if I have wasted your time...

Now AC3/PCM also works via the standard IEC958 output. (Pulse Audio removed and manually installed ALSA 1.0.22).

Thanks for your help.

Decent of you to admit the problem, so all us 3610'ers dont get scared it could all go tits up


Glad it is fixed.

deepblue: Yes I do get audio with this file. The HiFi-Unit receives PCM and the voice says "Front left, Front right". Is there supposed to be sorround sound in the file? If so, I dont get it.

edz2k9 Wrote:Hi all

I had this one too
After a couple of hours of head scratching, searching and my better half going to bed before we could watch CSI in HD with 5.1, I eventually found this link

http://www.xbmcfreak.nl/xbmc-nvidia-ion/...ijkertijd/

You can run it through google translate or babelfish but basically put this text into ~/.asoundrc (back up the file if one is there already)

http://www.xbmcfreak.nl/wp-content/uploa...oundrc.txt

then change the outputs for custom to be plug:both

Works a treat now outputting ac3 and pcm (including mp3 etc) over spdif to my amp. Havent tried DTS yet though

i tried using the latter link and pasted into terminal on ubuntu dont think im doing it correct as i have pasted into it and getting command not found on all the lines

avcar Wrote:i tried using the latter link and pasted into terminal on ubuntu dont think im doing it correct as i have pasted into it and getting command not found on all the lines

You don't paste it into a terminal, you paste the text in to a text file called ".asoundrc" located in your home folder. The path to this file is ~/.asoundrc (~ is a shortcut to your home folder). The dot in front of the file is important, since it makes it a hidden file.

This file should already exist, so make a back up first.

thanks thats sorted now and everything was fine, until last night and now on movies i can hear the background audio however i cannot hear or the speech is very muffled any ideas?
i have removed pulseaudio as decribed in here http://glonek.co.uk/linux-mint/howto-rem...rmic-9-10/

however im stuck on this bit....
So, here you go, download the script, unzip it to /use/local/bin (you will need to become root or sudo).
i have the script in my downloads but have no idea to add that file to /use/local/bin
and i can only find the file /usr/local/bin i assume this is the same file?
please help

thanks