AC3 Passthrough was initial supported in Ubuntu 11.10, and with 12.04 we can also set it up using pavucontrol. I am however a little unaware of which client applications that supports this new functionality.
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520157 Title: PulseAudio doesn't allow AC3 output through S/PDIF To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pulseaudio/+bug/520157/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs