[Alsa-devel] sblive! value card/ BA735 speakers

[Vincent Brown]

I know this has been asked before, but i can't find any answers in layman's terms. I am a linux newbie. I have an sblive! value soundcard, digital Boston Accoustics BA735  speakers, and Mandrake 8.0. My speakers need a digital signal. How do I make Linux send it? WinME has a digital output only toggle on its soundmixer.   I've read other discussions on the same topic. I've heard talk about various drivers, patches, projects, mixers,docs and mans I couldn't find, and lots of settings I don't know the first thing about changing. I haven't read anything that sounds like... "this is what worked for me and this is how I did it."   Any help that offers results would be much appreciated, vincent brown