At Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:25:51 +0000 (GMT),
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> 
> Hello,
> 
> Thanks to all those who made Alsa, its great and has helped me achieve one of my 
> goals - AC3 / DTS output via the digital SPDIF on my system! This means I can 
> playback DVD's using xine with full Dolby Digital 5.1 sound.
(snip nice info)

it would be helpful if you put such info to ALSA wiki, too.

 
> Question:
> The only problem is with the volume settings - I don't seem to have any control over 
> those when using the spdif output. alsamixer doesn't have any effect and neither 
> does the volume controls in the individual apps (i.e. xine or xmms with alsa 
> support).

the master volume shouldn't affect (since it's digital-out) but PCM
volume might influence unless non-audio spdif status bit is set.
check the default status bit via iceset included in the new
alsa-utils.


ciao,

Takashi


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