From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: optical SPDIF output on Abit NF7 nforce2 main board. Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 16:11:21 +0200 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <3F532D5E.6040300@icem.com> <3F534D6A.5030706@icem.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.4 - "Hosorogi") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <3F534D6A.5030706@icem.com> Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Carsten Koch Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At Mon, 01 Sep 2003 15:45:14 +0200, Carsten Koch wrote: > > [1 ] > Takashi Iwai wrote: > ... > > how did you test spdif out? > > I ran mpg123. > With nvidia's nvaudio driver, sound came out of the analog outputs > and out of the SPDIF output immediately. > > With the alsa driver, sound came out of the analog outputs only. > I can control the volume both with the "Master" slider and the > "PCM" slider, as expected. > No matter what combination of the IEC958 switches I set, there > was light coming out of the SPDIF output, but no sound can be > heard. > > > you need to choose the PCM "spdif" (aka > > "iec958") for the proper output over SPDIF. > > You mean alsamixer's "Item: IEC958"? no. for ALSA native apps, you can (should be able to) select a PCM device for use. it's not supported in the OSS emulation over kernel modules, though. so, it won't work on mpg123. you can try alternatively mpg321, which is based on libao. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf