Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Mon, 19 Jun 2006 15:40:00 +0100,
> Ian Malone wrote:

>> I'm unable to record from a toslink source as described below, it's
>> possible I've just missed some detail.
>>
>> Fedora Core 5
>> Kernel: 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5
>> Alsa: alsa-lib-1.0.11-4.rc2
>> details follow:

>>
>> Summary:
>> Recording from SPDIF input on ICE1724 device (Terratec 7.1
>> Space, but same chipset as the 5.1 Sky) records only silence.
>> Rebooting the same machine into windows recording works fine.
>> Recording source is a DAB radio, apparently at 32kHz (at least,
>> arecord tells me it was unable to select the requested rate
>> if I choose anything else).
>>

>> $ arecord -D hwplug:0,1 -f cd test.wav

>>
>> The equivalent hw:0,0 (analogue) successfully records from
>> line-in with a loopback cable.
>>
>> I have checked alsamixer, and the IEC958 source has capture
>> enabled, as does line-in.  The alsa matrix claims tosio for
>> the 5.1, does that work?
> 
> Is "Optical" chosen for "IEC958 Capture Source"? 
> Better to show the mixer status (e.g. /etc/asound.state) for further
> diagnosis.
> 

Well, this is /etc/asound.state, whether it corresponds to what
I'm actually using I don't know.

Optical is selected for the IEC958 capture source, I also tried
CD just to see if it made a difference.

Thanks for your time.

-- 
imalone