Re: [Alsa-user] aoss + emu10k + linux 2.6.4 + wavplay = hardlock

[Wayde M. <wm...@ra...>]

On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 00:31, p z oooo wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> 2) Optical Raw switch - it is used for AC3 passthrough. Should by=20
> off for normal use (spdif out will play sound from pcm or alsa OSS=20
> emulation) or on (spdif out will play sound from spdif device - AC3=20
> stream - unaltered).
> Why optical ??? Maybe because Optical and coaxial spdif output is 1=20
> physical output from DSP - they share this output.

Hum. If its used for ac3 passthrough this makes sense. However I need to
enable it to get plain old pcm out of the port, not just AC3.

>=20
> 3)IEC958 Coaxial - this is for optical and coaxial input.

Ah.. maybe we should rename the control to reflect this? it would save
alot of confusion.

> Peter Zubaj

Thanks for your responses... its helping me to understand whats going
on.