[mythtvnz] MythTV upgrade, bleeding code, ready for tester

[Steve V]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Aaron Drysdale <Aaron.Drysdale at provencocadmus.com>
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 June, 2009 2:15:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] MythTV upgrade, bleeding code, ready for tester
> 
> >I have been noticing the lower volume on TV3 for a while (not just
> >with this upgrade).  AC-3 audio is lower level than the AAC normally
> >(I do not know why), and I have been assuming that AC-3 is getting
> >played back in preference to AAC, but I have not actually checked on
> >that yet.  I also have stereo downmix selected, but I am using S/PDIF
> >output.
> I hadn't noticed this, until upgrading a few days ago. My tv volume is
> usually around "20", last night I was having to turn the tv volume up to
> "50" to get reasonable volume on TV 3 recordings. This seems a much
> bigger jump than just normal variance between channels.
> 
> >The obvious thing to do is to manually select the AAC audio
> >and see if we get normal levels.  If so, then we will need to see if
> >we can find a way to make AAC the default even if there is an AC-3
> >track.
> 
> How do you do select the audio track? I didn't know you could do this,
> and haven't seen a menu or configuration for this. I can test this
> tonight and quickly determine whether it is specific to AC3.
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
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Press "M" for menu and you should be able to select the stereo AAC 
audio rather than the AC3 audio.