In case someone is having this problem with mplayer, it can be worked around as following at least on my Ubuntu 10.04:
mplayer -ao alsa -ac hwac3 file.avi -- PulseAudio doesn't allow AC3 output through S/PDIF https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520157 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
