'Lo all, I'm attempting to play XVID movies (with AC3 sound) using mplayer and the ALSA 0.9 system of sound drivers. I only have one sound card (ICH - Intel 82801CA-ICH3) which has an SP/DIF output port. I would therefore like to route the movies' AC3 sound through the SP/DIF port to my external decoder. Now, as I understand it, ALSA normally places a sound card's digital pass-through device at device number 3 (index 2) of a particular card. Listing the sound card devices in /proc/asound/card0, however, gives the following:
beef@weenerbo:~$ ls -la /proc/asound/card0 total 0 dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 0 Feb 3 02:06 . dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 0 Feb 3 02:06 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 02:06 ac97#0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 02:06 ac97#0regs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 02:06 ac97#1-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 02:06 ac97#1-1regs -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 02:06 id -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 02:06 intel8x0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 02:06 oss_mixer dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 3 02:06 pcm0c dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 3 02:06 pcm0p dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 3 02:06 pcm1c beef@weenerbo:~$ Shouldn't there be a directory entry called 'pcm2p'? I've tried to use the hw:0,0 device instead, but it simply gives me sound from my laptop's speakers. Is this a case of incorrect configuration on my part (I've not played with .asoundrc, but I don't imagine it's necessary) or is SP/DIF output simply not supported in the Intel8x0 driver? Thanks for any help, Stuart p.s. I'm using Debian GNU/Linux unstable w/ 2.4.19 kernel and 0.9.0rc6 ALSA. ##################################################################################### Note: This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. BEELINE Technologies and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. Thank You. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ##################################################################################### ##################################################################################### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal For more information please visit www.marshalsoftware.com ##################################################################################### ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
