Re: [Alsa-user] ALC888 - SPDIF INPUT not working (alsa 1.0.19)

[Vedran M. <ri...@gm...>]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 5:58 AM, jacques <oce...@gm...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After updating alsa drivers and other packages from 1.0.17 to 1.0.19, I
> finally got the SPDIF output working. Unfortunatly, the SPDIF INPUT is
> not working. There is simply no sound at all (not even a little noise).
>
>
>
> Here is the output of arecord -L:
>
> default:CARD=Intel
>    HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog
>    Default Audio Device
> front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>    HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog
>    Front speakers
> surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>    HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog
>    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
> surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>    HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog
>    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>    HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog
>    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
> surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>    HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog
>    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>    HDA Intel, ALC888 Analog
>    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
> iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>    HDA Intel, ALC888 Digital
>    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
> null
>    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
>
>
>
>
> Here is the arecord -l
>
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>
>
> Linux 2.6.27-7-server #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 20:16:57 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid 64bits (Server Edition)
> Motherboard: Giga-byte EG43 (G43 Chipset)
> Chipset: REALTEK ALC888 (shown as Intel brand?)
>
> apt-get install alsa-base, alsa-tools, alsa-utils
>
>
> ALSA has been upgraded to the latest version using a script at
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1046137
>
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Does this motherboard actually have a physical SPDIF input? That would
be pretty uncommon

Vedran Miletić