I've figure out that the answer that I'm looking for is AC3 over SPDIF support. Now I'm trying to figure out how to make it work in pulse. On 5/24/08, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How are you supposed to get 5.1 audio out of your PC? When I hook the > SPDIF device from my STAC9227/HDA audio up to pulse, pulse says that > the SPDIF channel only supports stereo. > > So I go digging around the in STAC9227 datasheet. > http://www.idt.com/?genID=STAC9227 > > STAC9227 codec only supports 192Khz SPDIF with 4/1*48Khz channels. It > doesn't support 384Khz with 8/1*48Khz channels. > > So there are two problems, first the existing Intel HDA/STAC9227 > driver is not exposing the 4 channel SPDIF support. Or I can't figure > out how to get to it. > > Second, the hardware doesn't seem to support any way to get digital > 5.1 audio out of the codec and into my Sony amp. STAC9227 does have > six channel analog out, but my Sony amp doesn't have 6 channel analog > in. Sony amp supports 384Khz 8-channel SPDIF in. > > > -- > Jon Smirl > jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx > -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
