The Road to A Perfect HTPC (3) — Mythbuntu

1. Installation: /var/lib use xfs file system.
2. DVD / play settings: change from /dev/dvd to /dev/scd0, must be raw device
3. VCD settings: mplayer vcd://2 -cdrom-device %d -fs -zoom -vo xv -monitoraspect 16:10
   1. where vcd://2 second track
   2. monitoraspect to not to stretch the vcd output
4. mount samba drive:
   1. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288534
   2. make sure smbfs installed — should be already
   3. sudo make -p /media/samba/photo
   4. sudo vi /root/.smbcredentials
   5. sudo chmod 600 /root/.smbcredentials
   6. //latte/photo-library /media/samba/photo cifs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0500,dir_mode=0500 0 0

after changing the mount point of the video directory, you have to go to setup / video manager to reset everything. Otherwise it wont’ work.

sound:

1. aplay -L to find out which is spdif
2. alsamixer to enalbe the spdif

3. Audio Output Device: ALSA:iec958
   Passthrough device: ALSA:iec958:{AES0 0x02}
   Enable AC3 to SPDIF Passthrough
   Enable DTS to SPDIF Passthrough

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