try mplayer -ao alsa:device=iec958
there are two digital out (spdif and hdmi) Node 0x1b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40030d: Stereo Digital Amp-Out Control: name="IEC958 Playback Volume", index=0, device=0 ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0 Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x27, nsteps=0x27, stepsize=0x05, mute=1 Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00] Pincap 0x00000010: OUT Pin Default 0x0145f1a0: [Jack] SPDIF Out at Ext Rear Conn = Optical, Color = Other DefAssociation = 0xa, Sequence = 0x0 Misc = NO_PRESENCE Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT Connection: 1 0x02 Node 0x1d [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40030d: Stereo Digital Amp-Out Control: name="HDMI Playback Volume", index=0, device=0 ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0 Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x27, nsteps=0x27, stepsize=0x05, mute=1 Amp-Out vals: [0x27 0x27] Pincap 0x00000010: OUT Pin Default 0x1856f1b0: [Jack] Digital Out at Int HDMI Conn = Digital, Color = Other DefAssociation = 0xb, Sequence = 0x0 Misc = NO_PRESENCE Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT Connection: 1 0x0b -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040283 Title: Alsa does not allow connections either directly or from pulseaudio. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1040283/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs