2009/12/31 Colin Guthrie <gmane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > 'Twas brillig, and Raymond Yau at 30/12/09 07:07 did gyre and gimble: > > Why do PA server try to open an non-existing device iec958 so many times > ? > > It has to try and open the device several times to probe for available > profiles. This is only done at startup and then cached for the duration > of the run in the form of a list of available profiles. > > Col > > D: alsa-mixer.c: Checking for recording on Digital Surround 4.0 (IEC958) (iec958-surround-40) D: alsa-util.c: Trying iec958:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... Refer to http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.devel/53004/focus=53038 SPDIF is limited to 2 channels when using PCM. DTS/AC3 is the only way to get multi-channel out of SPDIF. Have any PA developers really tested the "iec958-surround-40" profile on any machines ? _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
