On Thu, 19.11.09 20:26, Maxime Delorme (maximedelo...@laposte.net) wrote:

> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I've got a sound card with 2 output : analog and SPDIF
> When playing a sound file with xine-ui I've got 5.1 channel output
> but in pavucontrol I've got only "Digital Stereo (IEC958)", I can't see 
> "Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3)"

That profile is only available if you install the ac3 alsa
plugin. Most distros don't ship that for patent reasons.

Note that this plugin will not enable AC3 pass-thru, but simply AC3
on-the-fly encoding for PCM clients.

Lennart

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