I have that sound system connected to my TV now, but sure enough connecting it back to my desktop through spdif and running with sndiod -c0:3 fixed it!
thanks for your finding! better late than never :) On 15:57 Wed 15 Dec , Edd Barrett wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 07:28:03AM +0100, Ricardo Mestre wrote: > > I have an azalia(4) based card integrated in my motherboard connected to a > > receiver through SPDIF, but I can't make it output any sound, only if I > > connect > > the cable to the 3.5mm headphone jack. And yes, I already toggled the > > outputs.mode to digital through mixerctl(1). When I play something > > audioctl(1) > > shows bytes going through and the receiver blinks, which means something is > > getting there, the sound is just not being output through SPDIF. > > I'm digging up this old thread because I've just solved this very issue on my > own desktop. > > If it's the same issue as mine, the SPDIF output sends to channels 2 and 3, > but > by default sndiod will only use channels 0 and 1. > > Adding `-c0:3` to my sndiod flags made it work! > > (as already mentioned, you have to also set outputs.mode=digital in mixerctl > too) > > Credit where due, I found this solution here: > http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=10953#post66355 > > -- > Best Regards > Edd Barrett > > https://www.theunixzoo.co.uk
