Christian Nolte wrote, on 2010-01-05 07:24: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I have a Soundblaster Audigy (rev 03) card which I have connected via a > coaxial S/PDIF to my AV Receiver. The stereo S/PDIF connection is > working perfectly and I can hear sound and the receiver detects the > digital Stereo PCM Stream correctly. > > However, if I try to playback a DVD using mplayer or xine with AC3 > passthrough enabled, the receiver does not detect the AC3 stream and > does not switch to Dolby Digital 5.1 and no sound can be heard. > > Using iecset before starting xine to play the DVD it gives: > > [nolte@ravine ~]$ iecset -x > AES0=0x04,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x02 > > using iecset when xine is started in Passthrough mode, playing back the > DVD gives: > > [nolte@ravine ~]$ iecset -x > AES0=0x06,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x02 > > So this seems to be correct to me. I also tried the Information on > > http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/DigitalOut > > to no avail. What strikes me as odd too is, that I can control the > volume of the normal Stereo PCM output to my main front speakers using > the Rear (or Surround) mixer channel using alsamixer. I believe a while > ago this could be controlled correctly using the Front mixer channel. > > If someone could be of help, this would be great. Thanks in adance. I have a similar card (SB Live! 5.1 SB 0220): http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=12d86a7f9c4674f2f00a9d3f745eca31bc528bc0 Nothing leapt out at me, but there limits on the bandwidth through S/PDIF. I don't have any equipment that can use the S/PDIF output from the Soundblaster though. Arthur. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
