On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Mitko Haralanov <voidtrance@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new to the list and was hoping that someone here could give me > some help and advise as I am stuck and none of my research has turned > anything up. > > I am having trouble getting any sound out of the S/PDIF port on my > built-in sound card. The card is recognized and 'aplay -L' shows the > iec958 device (as evident by the attached alsa-info.txt file) but when > I try to play any sound through it (using aplay) I get one of two > errors: > > 1. If I use the iec958 device directly: > $ aplay -D iec958 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav > Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav' : Signed 16 bit > Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono aplay: set_params:984: Channels > count non available > > 2. If I try to use the plug:iec958: > $ aplay -D plug:iec958 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav > Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav' : Signed 16 bit > Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono > (the sound file seems to play but there is no audio coming out of the > receiver) > > Looking through the ALSA website, I see that my sound device is > supported. Configuring /etc/asound.conf and /etc/modprobe.conf as per > the ALSA website yields the same results as above. > > Can anyone please, help me get my S/PDIF working? > Thank you very much! Can you check if there are any mixer controls or switches which have any effect? _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
