Hey James,

try this:
echo 'pcm.!default spdif'>~/.asoundrc

Or find in Alsa mixer a setting like "IEC958 Optical Raw"
and make sure it is enabled.

Good luck,

floris

James schreef:
> how to I set alsa to use "-Dplug:spdif" as the default?
>
> $ aplay -L
> default:CARD=NVidia
>     HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
>     Default Audio Device
> front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>     HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
>     Front speakers
> surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>     HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
>     4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
> surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>     HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
>     4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>     HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
>     5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
> surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>     HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
>     5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>     HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
>     7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
> iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>     HDA NVidia, ALC888 Digital
>     IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
> null
>     Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
>
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