Robert Rozman wrote: > - how do I use/enable spdif device ? aplay -Dspdif something.wav
> - can I use it with dmix plugin ? (more apps can access spdif at the same > time ? ) Yes. > - can I use spdif in parallel to normal analog outputs or are they mutually > exclusive ? On most AC'97 codecs, the SPDIF output is an independent device (see "aplay -l"), but can be configured to output the front channels. The "spdif" device usually configures the codec to do the former. > - can I send normal stereo sound to spdif output ? Yes. > How it will be heard on 6 speakers ? This depends on what the receiving device does with the 2-channel data. HTH Clemens ------------------------------------------------------- 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
