From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sander Knopper Subject: Re: ALC892 support for multiple spdif outputs Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:43:41 +0200 Message-ID: <201008161043.42070.sander@knopper.tk> References: <201008151457.51996.sander@knopper.tk> <201008160952.31279.sander@knopper.tk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mx1.knopper-ict.nl (odysseus.knopper-ict.nl [82.94.221.120]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0316D10380C for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:42:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.knopper-ict.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 737A617F44B for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:39:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mx1.knopper-ict.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (odysseus.knopper-ict.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id Gm-tdGJjOhCs for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:39:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sander.knopper.tk (maknopper.demon.nl [83.161.20.78]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.knopper-ict.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B52A317F445 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:39:47 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Monday 16 August 2010 10:30:14 you wrote: > At Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:52:31 +0200, > > Sander Knopper wrote: > > [1 ] > > > > On Monday 16 August 2010 08:42:07 you wrote: > > > At Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:57:51 +0200, > > > > > > Sander Knopper wrote: > > > > Dear developers, > > > > > > > > I've opened a bug about this problem which can be viewed here: > > > > https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=5101 > > > > > > > > Raymond mentions in his last comment that I should ask you to, if I > > > > understand correctly, do the same trick as in the commit he refers to > > > > also for the ALC892 chip. Which obviously is the one I have... > > > > > > > > You can find all the relevant information in the bug entry. > > > > > > Could you post the exact problem and attach alsa-info.sh output to ML? > > > It'll help much for communication on ML. > > > > > > > > > Takashi > > > > Ok, I can do that... > > > > The problem is that I have an Asus P7H55 M Pro motherboard which uses the > > ALC892 codec. I'm using this system as a HTPC and thus I'm trying to get > > sound from the HTPC to my receiver. The motherboard only has an optical > > output which shouldn't be an problem, be it that my receiver only has a > > coaxial input. > > > > So I bought an spdif bracket made by Asus which has both a coaxial and > > optical output and connected it to the internal spdif pins on the > > motherboard. So far so good, but the real problem is that I can't get > > the bracket to work. When I unmute all the spdif related entries with > > alsamixer only the optical output on the motherboard itself "gives > > light" and the one on the bracket doesn't. > > > > I've searched the internet a bit and I tried switching the audio output > > in the bios from HDMI to SPDIF and vice versa, but that doesn't make any > > difference. > > > > alsa-info is attached. > > OK. Did you test the latest alsa-driver-snapshot? > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/alsa-driver-sn > apshot.tar.gz > > The multi-SPDIF support is generic for all Realtek codecs. > > > Takashi Should kernel 2.6.36-rc1 work too? Otherwise I'll try the snapshot... Sander