08.07.2015 09:55, Raymond Yau wrote: > > > > Yesterday I got an interesting email related to dcaenc support. > > > > The person has an "XFX nForce 780i SLI" MCP board: > http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_nforce_780i_sli_us.html , > http://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/132-CK-NF78.pdf > > > > As you see on page 18 of the manual, this board has no HDMI output, > but there is an optical SPDIF. Strangely enough, this SPDIF is his > "hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0" device. > > > > Given the recent discussions related to dynamically creating PCM > devices for HDMI, I think you will be interested in this alsa-info output. > > > > Is there anything here that would need special treatment by ALSA or > PulseAudio? Or, is this just a misnumbered/misnamed codec? > > > > Check whether BIOS set the internal spdif as HDMI as pin default > > The alsa driver prefer HDMI instead of SPDIF when there are two Digital > Outs > According to the manual, there is no such setting in the BIOS. (original reporter BCCed just in case) -- Alexander E. Patrakov