Hi I recently suggested adding proper ALSA output to the MP3 plugin. Reason: I switched over to softdevice and have no FF card in my system any more (the CPU is not the box heater, as opposed to the rev 1.3 card before ;-) and hence can't use the J2 SPDIF out any more. I noticed last night that softdevice AC3 SPDIF does work for the MP3 plugin as the DVB output channel if MP3 is configured for DVB. D'oh. *rolling eyes* So - for now I'm not going to dig into it - lacking time. -- The moon may be smaller than Earth, but it's further away.