Re: [Alsa-user] Recording spdif/iec958 on ice1725 terratec 7.1 space

[Lee R. <rlr...@jo...>]

On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 17:10 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to work out how to record from an S/PDIF input
> using a Terratec 7.1 Space (Envy24 based card, supported by
> ICE1724 Alsa driver).  It seems that I should be doing
> something like:
> 
> $ arecord -D hwplug:0,1 -f cd test.wav
> 
> But his doesn't seem to be working.  Admittedly I tested
> this in loopback with a cable between SPDIF in and out,
> the equivalent "arecord -D hwplug:0,1" and IEC958 output
> unmuted.  I'll have a go in a while with a different SPDIF
> source, although my previous attempts didn't get very far:
> <https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2006-June/msg00236.html>

Use "arecord -D iec958" (it should do the same thing but it's more
readable).

Try it with "-f dat" rather than "-f cd".

What exactly do you mean by 'it does not work'?  That could mean
anything - silence, noise, machine crashes, blows up, etc?

Lee