On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 12:19, Clemens Ladisch wrote: Hi there Clemens,
> Juha wrote: > > I'm trying to route spdif signal from my dvb card through my soundcard, > > a sb live 5.1, to my amplifier. My amplifier states that it's 48kHz > > spdif signal. I connected the spdif out of the dvb card to the "CD > > SPDIF" connector of the sb live card. Is this the proper way to do it, > > ie, should it work or could it be made to work? > > The standard voltage for S/PDIF signals is 0.5V, but the name "CD > SPDIF" (and the "TTL" in the name of ther mixer control) implies that > the SB wants to have 5V. Actually, that's allright, since the spdif output of the DVB card produces exactly that, as I understand ;) > > This PCM device (it's the 4th PCM device (index 3!) and first subdevice > > (index 0) for a given card) allows to forward 48kHz, stereo, 16-bit > > little endian streams without any modifications to the digital output > > (coaxial or optical). > > > > And this (if I understand correctly) is exactly what I want to do. But, > > for some reason, I can't see the 4th PCM device. A listing of the > > capture devices don't list that as an option: > > Device 3 is playback only. As far as I can see, you can only record > from S/PDIF by mixing it with other input signals to device 0. Ok, gotta try that then. What about routing the signal to the spdif output of the soundblaster. Do you know how to enable that? > > HTH > Clemens > > Thank You very much, you've been very helpful. Juha ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
