Hi, I am not able to get output out of the S/P-DIF interface of my Digitus 7.1 surround USB sound card. The soundcard is recognized as card 1 with driver 'snd_usb_audio'. The results of 'aplay -L': ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ root@webradio:~# aplay -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) front:CARD=E2E,DEV=0 ESS ES1978 (Maestro 2E), ESS Maestro Front speakers front:CARD=default,DEV=0 USB Sound Device , USB Audio Front speakers surround40:CARD=default,DEV=0 USB Sound Device , USB Audio 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=default,DEV=0 USB Sound Device , USB Audio 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=default,DEV=0 USB Sound Device , USB Audio 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=default,DEV=0 USB Sound Device , USB Audio 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=default,DEV=0 USB Sound Device , USB Audio 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=default,DEV=0 USB Sound Device , USB Audio IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ But I do see only the analog outputs in alsamixer and amixer. amixer output: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ root@webradio:~# amixer -c 1 Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right - Rear Left - Rear Right - Front Center - Woofer - Side Left - Side Right Limits: Playback 0 - 197 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Rear Left: Playback 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Rear Right: Playback 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Center: Playback 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Woofer: Playback 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Side Left: Playback 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Side Right: Playback 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined penum Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 6928 Front Left: Capture 5 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Capture 5 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'PCM Capture Source',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mic' 'Line' 'IEC958 In' 'Mixer' Item0: 'Mic' Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 8065 Capture 0 - 6928 Front Left: Playback 6144 [76%] [5.71dB] [off] Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 6144 [76%] [5.71dB] [off] Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 8065 Capture 0 - 6928 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off] Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off] Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 In',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined penum Capture channels: Mono Mono: Capture [on] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Any help appreciated, Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user