I don't think it is correct to change all IEC958 to SPDIF e.g. dell inspiron 660s does not have any optical or coaxial jacks and only have HDMI jack
it is quite confusing that alsamixer show spdif playback switch in Ubuntu 12.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/978370 Title: [soundnua]: S/PDIF and IEC958 are used interchangeably Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: S/PDIF and IEC958 are both displayed to the user which can cause confusion. One should be chosen and standardised upon. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic-pae 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu5 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Apr 10 22:16:58 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120201.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/978370/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

