>Hi Peter Hello Jonathan! Thanks for the quick response. >> I am running Debian (testing) on a Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 >> motherboard with integrated Intel HDA Realtek ALC880 sound. > >I don't have ALC880 hardware - all my work has been done with >the ALC260. >My ability to answer your question is therefore somewhat diminished. > >> htpc:~# aplay -l >> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** >> card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC880 Analog [ALC880 Analog] >> Subdevices: 1/1 >> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > >This suggests there is only one playback device, and that would be the >analog interface. Therefore by default at least it doesn't appear the >SPDIF interface is made available. > >Are you using any options when loading the ALSA modules or do you just >go with the defaults? No options and I am using a regular kernel. Any suggestions what options I might add? mythtv@htpc:~$ uname -a Linux htpc 2.6.16-2-k7 #1 Fri Aug 18 19:48:42 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux mythtv@htpc:~$ dpkg --list alsa-* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==================-==================-============================== ====================== ii alsa-base 1.0.13-1 ALSA driver configuration files ii alsa-oss 1.0.12-1 ALSA wrapper for OSS applications ii alsa-utils 1.0.13-1 ALSA utilities >I'll forward your email onto the ALSA developers mailing list for wider >viewing. That way you may get some thoughts from the >developers actually working on ALC880 code. Best regards, Peter Carlsson ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
