Re: [Alsa-user] Digital Input on ALC3661 (from laptop HDMI IN) not working under Linux

2014-12-29 Thread Doug
On 12/25/2014 08:25 PM, Oliver Freyermuth wrote: > Dear ALSA-experts, > > I have an Alienware 17 laptop (sometimes called M17RX5) which has a Realtek > ALC3661. > The problem I describe here should also be valid for the Alienware 18 (all > the late 2013 models, which are still the most current).

Re: [Alsa-user] Digital Input on ALC3661 (from laptop HDMI IN) not working under Linux

2014-12-28 Thread Oliver Freyermuth
Am 27.12.2014 um 19:18 schrieb Doug: > I was surprised to find, after some years of very bad results, that > PulseAudio now seems to work, and provides some things that Alsa does > not. (In my case, it is the ability to get sound out > of two sound detectors at once--the mobo sound system, and an N

[Alsa-user] Digital Input on ALC3661 (from laptop HDMI IN) not working under Linux

2014-12-26 Thread Oliver Freyermuth
Dear ALSA-experts, I have an Alienware 17 laptop (sometimes called M17RX5) which has a Realtek ALC3661. The problem I describe here should also be valid for the Alienware 18 (all the late 2013 models, which are still the most current). At least some scattered forum reports suggest so. The c