[ale] SPDIF and Linux

[james.sumners at gmail.com (James Sumners)]

There's too much needed information missing from this post. Are you
only using ALSA? Or do you have something else on top of it (i.e.
Pulse)? Is this SPDIF on a daughter card or the motherboard? Does the
machine have only one soundcard (built-in or otherwise)? Have you
looked to see if the device is muted with alsamixer? What does `aplay
-l` return?

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:20, Joshua Roberts <jrtroberts at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All. Happy Labor Day.
>
> I have finally purchased a new machine, YaY!!! ?The issue I am having
> is connecting it to my new surround sound system via the SPDIF output
> using a TOSLINK fiber cable. (Financial Aid Money Rocks!!)
>
> I am running Mint 11 64-bit. ?I have tried looking at the sound
> preferences utility, but I am not seeing the SPDIF or a listing for
> digital fiber output.
>
> I will try listing the /proc/asound/cards when I get home later today.
>
> Any further advice would be great. It is a new hand built system I put
> together with a fresh install of Mint 11 64-bit. I did run all the
> updates.
>
> we will see what I can find out.
>
> thanks,
>
> joshua
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