Hi, I''ve been trying to get audio output from multiple cards working but have not had much luck. What I would like to happen is for 2 channel stereo audio to work over the HDMI connector (to TV) and 5.1 channel DD and/or DTS to work over the optical output (to receiver) simultaneously. Below is my current .asoundrc file. It is the closest I've come to getting the required outputs to work. Usually I get only one of the outputs working. pcm.hdmi { type hw card 3 device 3 } pcm.optical { type hw card 0 device 1 } pcm.multi { type multi slaves.a.pcm "hdmi" slaves.a.channels 2 slaves.b.pcm "optical" slaves.b.channels 2 bindings.0.slave a bindings.0.channel 0 bindings.1.slave a bindings.1.channel 1 bindings.2.slave b bindings.2.channel 0 bindings.3.slave b bindings.3.channel 1 } The outputs of aplay -l and aplay -L follow: pvr@orion:~$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC882 Analog [ALC882 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC882 Digital [ALC882 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 3: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 pvr@orion:~$ aplay -L default:CARD=SB HDA ATI SB, ALC882 Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC882 Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC882 Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC882 Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC882 Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC882 Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC882 Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC882 Digital IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) default:CARD=SAA7134 SAA7134, SAA7134 PCM Default Audio Device default:CARD=SAA7134_1 SAA7134, SAA7134 PCM Default Audio Device Can anyone help me get this working correctly? Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Vitaly ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user