Maybe a simple question, but is it possible to play a 6 channel wav file over a spdif connection? $aplay -L ... iec958:CARD=Audigy2,DEV=0 Audigy 2 ZS [2001], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output ... sample file http://www.halfgaar.net/media/chan-id.zip $aplay -D iec958 chan-id.wav Playing WAVE 'chan-id.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Channels 6 aplay: set_params:923: Channels count non available $mplayer chan-id.wav -ao alsa:device=spdif -channels 6 MPlayer dev-SVN-r26940 CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz (Family: 15, Model: 4, Stepping: 3) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled with runtime CPU detection. Playing chan-id.wav. Audio file file format detected. ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 6 ch, s16le, 4233.6 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 529200->529200) Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM) ========================================================================== AO: [alsa] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) Video: no video Starting playback... A: 6.2 (06.2) of 6.0 (06.0) 0.2% aplay refuse to play the file while mplayer downmix the file and will only play the front left and right channels Any dts or dolby digital dvd will play fine with mplayer -ao alsa:device=spdif -afm hwac3. floris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user