[mythtv-users] spdif with simultaneous analog out (alsa)?

[Misty P]

Hello folks!

I have a simple problem...  my mobo has both spdif and analog outputs.  I 
want to squirt sound out BOTH of them simultaneously.  Seems like it 
shouldn't be a hard thing to do, but after spending a few hours trying to 
literally *decipher* the alsa wiki on the subject ( 
http://alsa.opensrc.org/home/w/org/opensrc/alsa/index.php?title=.asoundrc ) 
it's like trying to learn french from the deaf.  All you get is a different 
form of *wrong*.

Here's what I have in my .asoundrc so far:

pcm.!default {
        type hw
        card 0
        device 1
        }

ctl.!default {
        type hw
        card 0
        device 1
        }

pcm.digout {
        type hw
        card 0
        device 1
        }

pcm.anaout {
        type hw
        card 0
        device 0
        }


And that works in the following manner...  by default, everything goes out 
the SPDIF.  If I do an "aplay -D digout song.wav", it'll (also) go through 
the spdif.  If I do an "aplay -D anaout song.wav", it'll go through the 
analog outputs.

It's at this point I'm stuck.  I need to beat it into alsa that I want to do 
BOTH, but can't find a single example on the net of how to do so.  It 
certainly seems like it *should* be possible with some form of copy or 
slave, but I can't figure out the proper syntax from the alsa wiki.

Someone HAS to have done this, so I figure I'd ask and quit beating my head 
against the wall.

Thanks in advance!