Well, it *seems* I found the solution to my own problem. I removed all OSS API/emulation support from my kernel.
Everything works perfectly now. I even got xine to output a nice DTS signal to my external DTS decoders, and it sounds beautiful. Regards, Justin Wheeler -- My imaginary friend says you have serious mental problems. On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Justin Wheeler wrote: > I have a Creative Soundblaster Live! card (regular SB Live, 5 outputs, > front, rear, mic, input, spdif). All of them are 1/8" outputs. I have a > 1/8" -> RCA converter, which has a digital audio cable plugged into it, > and the other end into my digital receiver. > > I have tried compiling the ALSA snd_emu10k1 module both as a module, and > statically in the kernel, I have tried every possible combination of extin > and extout, and option and method found on websites, mailing lists, etc, > but *cannot* get the SPDIF output to do anything. > > If I put the OSS drivers in, and do an emu-config -d on my card, it works > perfectly, and I get digital audio. ALSA refuses to work. > > I have tried the alsamixer, I have tried everything I can possibly find > and think of, but I am at my wits end. I cannot get it to work. > > The listing of my card in lspci: > > 00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev > 06) > > Does anyone have any suggestions, thoughts, or files/information I can > make use of? > > Analog output does not matter to me, as I don't really intend on using it. > > Regards, > Justin Wheeler > > -- > Read my chips: No new upgrades! > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user