[Alsa-user] s/pdif output not working on Asus Xonar SE card

2021-04-29 Thread Mary Strimel
Hello, I have a new Asus Xonar SE card that I have just installed. The analog speaker jack works, but S/PDIF out does not work. I have tried fiddling with every setting in alsamixer and qasmixer. I have also run "iecset audio on" as suggested by the Arch wiki, and the output looked normal. I can't

[Alsa-user] PS: s/pdif output not working on Asus Xonar SE card

2021-04-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 19:32:26 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >Does your card provide coaxial and optical SPDIF? IIUC after googling for your card, it has got an optical SPDIF output only and no ADAT that could also use this port. IOW a possible Ω coaxial issue can be ruled out, as well as a wrong

Re: [Alsa-user] s/pdif output not working on Asus Xonar SE card

2021-04-29 Thread Alan Corey
I'd try somethng like amixer -c contents > somefile.txt And then examine somefile.txt carefully. There may be an enable/disable logical switch that nothing else picks up. Because SPDIF isn't that popular it may default to off. I have a Pinebook Pro laptop and without proper software the

Re: [Alsa-user] s/pdif output not working on Asus Xonar SE card

2021-04-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:25:54 -0400, Mary Strimel wrote: >I have a new Asus Xonar SE card that I have just installed. The analog >speaker jack works, but S/PDIF out does not work. I have tried fiddling >with every setting in alsamixer Hi, in my experiences with PCIe (RME), PCI (TerraTec) and USB