Here is what works for me: Use pasuspender to temporarily stop pulseaudio and let vlc/mplayer access the sound card directly.
pasuspender -- vlc yourfile.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
