Re: Re: [alsa-cvslog] CVS: alsa-kernel/pci/emu10k1 emu10k1_main.c,1.12,1.13

[James Courtier-Dutton <James@superbug.demon.co.uk>]

Markus Plail wrote:

>* James Courtier-Dutton writes:
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>>There are several different versions of the SB Live.
>>My SB Live rev06 is not a SB Live 5.1, so it has 2 audio stereo output
>>jacks, one for front, one for rear, and then a spdif jack. The spdif
>>jack is not switchable between analogue and digital. It is fixed at
>>digital.
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>I haven't used it as analogue outout, but I guess that it can be
>switched.. at least the digital output can be switched off (don't know
>if it switches analogue output on, though).
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>>Maybe the rev07 card is a SB Live 5.1, which has a switchable
>>digital/analogue spdif jack, so it can output on 3 analogue stereo
>>jacks, or with a switch (maybe GPOUT) it changes the 3rd analogue out
>>jack into an spdif digital only jack.
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>I bought it as 'Soundblaster Live Player 5.1'.
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>Regards
>Markus
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This think the intention for the SB Live 5.1 with alsa, was that 
alsamixer would display an extra switch for analogue/digital out which 
would switch the digital output between digital spdif and analogue 
stereo. Did you ever look in alsamixer for such a switch ?

Cheers
James