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Thread ID: 118516	2011-06-08 07:28:00	ALSA SPDIF problems	ubergeek85 (131)	Press F1

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1207809	2011-06-08 07:28:00	Hi all. I've gotten myself a mini-TOSLINK cable to run digital audio from my laptop to my stereo receiver. Unfortunately, it seems that ALSA can't see any SPDIF output. Here are the results from an aplay -l and -L: Wed 08 Jun 20 18:16:33 jesse@jesse ~ $ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC268 Analog [ALC268 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Wed 08 Jun 20 18:16:37 jesse@jesse ~ $ aplay -L default Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server pulse Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, ALC268 Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, ALC268 Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, ALC268 Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, ALC268 Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, ALC268 Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, ALC268 Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, ALC268 Analog Direct sample mixing device dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, ALC268 Analog Direct sample snooping device hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, ALC268 Analog Direct hardware device without any conversions plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, ALC268 Analog Hardware device with all software conversions Wed 08 Jun 20 18:16:41 jesse@jesse ~ $ I've tried forcing aplay to run a sample output to surround51 and surround71, both just come out the analog output, at no point does the laser light up. I've verified that it works just fine in Winblows, what am I missing?	ubergeek85 (131)
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