Hi. My problem is that I am not getting bitstreaming HD audio in Linux. DTS works fine, but DTS-HD does not (I get silence). My equipment supports it and DTS-HD works in Windows. I have been asked to post here from the XBMC forums in the hope of solving this issue. Some info: aplay -L default Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server sysdefault:CARD=PCH HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Digital IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0 HDMI Audio Output hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=1 HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1 HDMI Audio Output dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Analog Direct sample mixing device dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=1 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Digital Direct sample mixing device dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=3 HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0 Direct sample mixing device dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=7 HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1 Direct sample mixing device dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Analog Direct sample snooping device dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=1 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Digital Direct sample snooping device dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=3 HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0 Direct sample snooping device dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=7 HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1 Direct sample snooping device hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Analog Direct hardware device without any conversions hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=1 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Digital Direct hardware device without any conversions hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3 HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0 Direct hardware device without any conversions hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=7 HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1 Direct hardware device without any conversions plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Analog Hardware device with all software conversions plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=1 HDA Intel PCH, ID 892 Digital Hardware device with all software conversions plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3 HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0 Hardware device with all software conversions plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=7 HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1 Hardware device with all software conversions #### ELD monitor_present 1 eld_valid 1 monitor_name HT-R548 connection_type HDMI eld_version [0x2] CEA-861D or below edid_version [0x3] CEA-861-B, C or D manufacture_id 0xcb3d product_id 0xb34 port_id 0x0 support_hdcp 0 support_ai 1 audio_sync_delay 0 speakers [0xf] FL/FR LFE FC RL/RR sad_count 8 sad0_coding_type [0x1] LPCM sad0_channels 2 sad0_rates [0x1ee0] 32000 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000 sad0_bits [0xe0000] 16 20 24 sad1_coding_type [0x1] LPCM sad1_channels 6 sad1_rates [0x1ee0] 32000 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000 sad1_bits [0xe0000] 16 20 24 sad2_coding_type [0x2] AC-3 sad2_channels 8 sad2_rates [0xe0] 32000 44100 48000 sad2_max_bitrate 640000 sad3_coding_type [0x7] DTS sad3_channels 8 sad3_rates [0xc0] 44100 48000 sad3_max_bitrate 1536000 sad4_coding_type [0x9] DSD (One Bit Audio) sad4_channels 6 sad4_rates [0x40] 44100 sad5_coding_type [0xa] E-AC-3/DD+ (Dolby Digital Plus) sad5_channels 8 sad5_rates [0xc0] 44100 48000 sad6_coding_type [0xb] DTS-HD sad6_channels 8 sad6_rates [0x1ec0] 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000 sad7_coding_type [0xc] MLP (Dolby TrueHD) sad7_channels 8 sad7_rates [0x1480] 48000 96000 192000 ##### uname -a Linux xbmc 3.9.7-030907-generic #201306201628 SMP Thu Jun 20 20:35:39 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux #### dpkg -l | grep alsa ii alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 all ALSA driver configuration files ii alsa-utils 1.0.25-3ubuntu2.2 i386 Utilities for configuring and using ALSA ####### alsa-info: http://pastebin.com/QcRrs3tg ####### XBMC log (shows playing a file with a DTS-HD soundtrack (silence) and a DTS soundtrack (works fine). http://pastebin.com/2BYm0e3h ######## Tried a variety of combinations of aplay. No DTS-HD. For example: aplay -D hdmi:CARD=0,DEV=0,AES0=0x04 -c8 -fs16_le -r192000 testi.dtshd.anssi1.ma-71-24.spdif ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user