Hi, not much sucess here :-( Any Ideas what this means? $ speaker-test -c6 -Dspdif:1 speaker-test 1.0.11 Das Wiedergabegerät ist spdif:1 Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels Using 16 octaves of pink noise ALSA lib confmisc.c:1105:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.USB-Audio.pcm.iec958.0:CARD=1,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2' ALSA lib conf.c:3479:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:3947:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2146:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM spdif:1 Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory Stephan On Thursday 12 April 2007 18:28, Ingo Müller wrote: > Hi Stephan! > > I don't know much about spdif, but I think that there is a predefined > pcm device for this purpose. If I'm right, this device can take > arguments just like the predefined hw device. It might look like spdif:1 > to use the digital out of the second card. Take a look at the output of > aplay -L and look for spdif/raw/digital, then compare this plugin's > definition with the hw device's definition. They should work similarly. > > I hope this helps! > > Regards, Ingo > > Stephan Olbrich schrieb: > > Hi together! > > > > I bought the Terratec Aureon 5.1 USB MK.2 because it is supposed to work > > well with alsa. But somehow I cannot get it to work properly. > > > > I tried .asoundrc from > > > > http://alsa.opensrc.org/Terratec_Aureon_5.1_USB_MK.2 > > > > exept, that my card usually shows up as hw:1 as I have a internal card as > > well. When I use > > > > speaker-test -Dpcm.dmix51 -c6 > > > > most speakers work (the sub does not work) but are exchanged. > > But that's not my main problem, as I want to connect my sound-system via > > the optical output. > > > > With the optical output, I have no luck at all. I don't even know which > > device to use. All the predefined stuff like plug:spdif is linked to my > > internal soundcard (hw:0). > > > > Thanks, > > Stephan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user