Anyone solved connecting audio system to a TOSLINK S/PDIF Out connection on a High Definition ALC275Q (ALC3260) of a Dell XPS One 2710? Best regards, M. On 07/30/2016 05:24 PM, Marve wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been trying stuff myself and got help from someone (debianuser) at > #alsa IRC, but without success! I got the advice to explain the issue in > this mailing list! > > I'm running Linux Mint 18 on a all-in-one Dell XPS One 2710. Most stuff > works, except sound. > > The former Mint version also sound from the speakers worked out of the > box. Now, I have to switch from the Pulse Audio volume control from > "Speakers" to "Headphones (unplugged)" every time I start up to get > audio from the internal speakers, which is working well then, annoying, > is probably an issue that belongs in another group and not the reason > I'm writing you! :) > > The XPS One 2710 has a S/PDIF Toslink (optical) connection. Back in the > days that Microsoft wasn't trying to shove up Windows 10 to everyone, I > successfully could get output from this connection to my JVC Receiver > from Windows7 of the box. > > I find it hard to have it configured under Linux. > > Partly, with help from a anonymous debianuser on #alsa IRC I checked > with alsamixer that the S/PDIF was not muted. Also, with the Jack > Retasking for HDA tool, I enforced Pin ID: 0x1e is a SPDIF Out > connection. After this, the Pulse Audio Tools shows several new > interesting Built-in Audio options and I think "Digital Stereo (IEC958) > Outout looks most promising. So I select this one and with Output > Devices I select "Digital Output (S/PDIF). Then, when I play something > on the box, the volume meters actually show that there is something > playing, but I can't hear anything from the JVC receiver! The receiver > supports PCM to DTS, but no sound is coming out of it! > > Thanks if you could help me out! I am happy to help you when you need > more information or want we to test something. I had this problem on the > previous Linux Mint LTS version and tried to install a newer kernel and > alsa driver, which didn't work - so I decided to wait for the current LTS. > > I made a fresh info: > http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=556ae2bdae66341579831231ef2d90ca0d7c8e24 > > If you need one with other settings, please let me know! > > Best wishes, > M. > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-devel mailing list > Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
