[Alsa-user] SPDIF and 24bit audio

Hi, I have a number of 24bit 96kHz files. My hardware platform is an Nvidia Ion based system and I am connecting to an external DAC via SPDIF. The Ion platform claims to be using a realtek ALC662 device to output over SPDIF. Looking at the 662 datasheet, it says the following "The ALC662 serie

Re: [Alsa-user] How to set the default frequency in Alsa.

Hi Sergei, Thanks for your reply. Would it be relatively easy for me to change the source code then? Andy Sergei Steshenko wrote: > On Mon, 03 May 2010 18:23:18 +0100 > Andy Sheen wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have a system running Ubuntu 9.10/xbmc and want to stream b

[Alsa-user] How to set the default frequency in Alsa.

Hi I have a system running Ubuntu 9.10/xbmc and want to stream bit-perfect audio out of the SPDIF port. This I can do nicely and the system sees 44.1kHz when audio is being output. When audio stops being output, the system defaults to 48kHz and this causes a click as the DAC switches over. In

[Alsa-user] Help configuring different bitrates/delays out of 2 soundcards

Hi list, First post here. I have a problem. I have a atom/Ion based htpc and want to use HDMI and SPDIF on the Ion to output 2 channels. I have configured everything with the asound.conf file below and I get audio out of both HDMI and SPDIF nicely. I have two problems: 1) Audio is timed diffe