> I pushed your change along with a fix for the assert you saw to my tree > as well. I tested the latest batch of patches with AC3/SPDIF this time. Works well in general, however I found some interesting points: - in Rhythmbox, the passthrough mode is only enabled if the first file of playlist is compressed. If you start with PCM/WAV, it always uses the PCM mode. - in Totem, the passthrough mode works when the visual effects are disabled. I see a nice DD on my receiver...However the playback stops if you play with the volume slider. I get a pop-up error window saying 'an error occurred: pa_stream_set_sink_input_volume(): invalid argument' On a related note, maybe we want to change the approach to volume control. Depending on the sink, there might be ways of using side/in-band channels to send volume control information to the decoder. It's going to be protocol-specific. So maybe we need to provide the client with an information coming from the sink on whether volume control is actually supported or not. -Piere
