[mythtv-users] i810 (ich5) and SPDIF :-(

[Richard Dale]

> Hw is ASUS P5P800 (i865 + i810 ICH5).
...
> "aplay -l" reports that IEC958 in on card 0, dev 4.
> 
> Using
>  "aplay -D hw:0,4 test.wav" gives  nothing (no any change, SPDIF is all
> the time dead).
> 
> File is OK, because "aplay -D hw:0,0 test.wav" (this is analog) is
> playing fine !
> 
> So question is: how can I debug and troubleshot this problem ?

Fire up alsamixer and have a play with the IEC958 settings - you may find
it's muted.

Cheers,
Richard.