On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 10:28:47AM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 02:13:01PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > Florin Andrei wrote: > > >On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 17:43, Stephen Hassard wrote: > > > > > >>On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 12:30:28AM -0700, Florin Andrei wrote: > > >> > > >>>On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 22:12, Stephen Hassard wrote: > > >>>How about MIDI output? > > >> > > >>MIDI output seems to work fine too. > > > > > > > > >Thank you Stephen! > > > > > >And thanks to the ALSA developers. Now i'll go ahead and buy an Audigy2. > > >Yeah, it's going to be a Platinum, yeah, maybe a few gizmos on the front > > >panel won't work (we'll see), but as long as there is at least one pair > > >of MIDI in/out that works, i'm happy. > > > > > >Keep up the good work! > > > > > I have heard reports that the SPDIF passthru does not work, so you will > > not be able to use external AC3 and DTS decoders. > > > > Can anyone verify this? > > > > I have audigy, and ac3/dts output is not working. > > Alsa says it cannot find some hw device.. sorry I don't have the exact error > message here. > > I have gotten the same error at least 6 months now.. >
I finally remembered this.. here comes the error-message from mplayer when trying to play movie with ac3-sound and use the spdif output: Forced audio codec: hwac3 Opening audio decoder: [hwac3] AC3/DTS pass-through SP/DIF No accelerated IMDCT transform found hwac3: switched to AC3, 448000 bps, 48000 Hz AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x400), ratio: 56000->192000 (448.0 kbit) Selected audio codec: [hwac3] afm:hwac3 (AC3 through SPDIF) Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/8bit... AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 48000 hz, big endian AC3 AF_pre: 48000Hz 2ch AC3 alsa-init: testing and bugreports are welcome. alsa-init: requested format: 48000 Hz, 2 channels, AC3 alsa-init: soundcard set to iec958:AES0=0x2,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x0,AES3=0x2 ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1055:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D3p failed: No such device alsa-init: playback open error: No such device Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. Audio: no sound -- Pasi Kärkkäinen ^ . . Linux / - \ Choice.of.the .Next.Generation. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel