[mythtv-users] Optical or coax digital out on nforce3 cks8 sound

[Stephen Hocking]

Just struggling with the sound out on a new motherboard, an Nforce3
   chipset with the cks8 sound chip. The asoundrc that worked a treat
   with the nforce2 that I had doesn't on this. The red glow doesn't
   appear at the end of the optical cable, and I can't get anything out
   of the coaxial SPDIF output either. Very frustrating. Has anyone else
   got this working?
   aplay -l output....
   sh-3.1$ aplay -l
   **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
   card 0: CK8S [NVidia CK8S], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK8S]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   card 0: CK8S [NVidia CK8S], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia
CK8S - IEC958]
     Subdevices: 0/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   aplay -L output
   PCM list:
   hw {
           @args.0 CARD
           @args.1 DEV

- Ignored:
           @args.2 SUBDEV
           @args.CARD {
                   type string
                   default {
                           @func getenv
                           vars {
                                   0 ALSA_PCM_CARD
                                   1 ALSA_CARD
                           }
                           default {
                                   @func refer
                                   name 'defaults.pcm.card'
                           }
                   }
           }
           @args.DEV {
                   type integer
                   default {
                           @func igetenv
                           vars {
                                   0 ALSA_PCM_DEVICE
                           }
                           default {
                                   @func refer
                                   name 'defaults.pcm.device'
                           }
                   }
           }
           @args.SUBDEV {
                   type integer
                   default {
                           @func refer
                           name 'defaults.pcm.subdevice'
                   }
           }
           type hw
           card $CARD
           device $DEV
           subdevice $SUBDEV
   }
   plughw {
           @args.0 CARD
           @args.1 DEV
           @args.2 SUBDEV
           @args.CARD {
                   type string
                   default {
                           @func getenv
                           vars {
                                   0 ALSA_PCM_CARD
                                   1 ALSA_CARD
                           }
                           default {
                                   @func refer
                                   name 'defaults.pcm.card'
                           }
                   }
           }
           @args.DEV {
                   type integer
                   default {
                           @func igetenv
                           vars {
                                   0 ALSA_PCM_DEVICE
                           }
                           default {
                                   @func refer
                                   name 'defaults.pcm.device'
                           }
                   }
           }
           @args.SUBDEV {
                   type integer
                   default {
                           @func refer
                           name 'defaults.pcm.subdevice'
                   }
           }
           type plug
           slave.pcm {
                   type hw
                   card $CARD
                   device $DEV
                   subdevice $SUBDEV
           }
   }
   plug {
           @args.0 SLAVE
           @args.SLAVE {
                   type string
           }
           type plug
           slave.pcm $SLAVE
   }
   shm {
           @args.0 SOCKET
           @args.1 PCM
           @args.SOCKET {
                   type string
           }
           @args.PCM {
                   type string
           }
           type shm
           server $SOCKET
           pcm $PCM
   }
   tee {
           @args.0 SLAVE
           @args.1 FILE
           @args.2 FORMAT
           @args.SLAVE {
                   type string
           }
           @args.FILE {
                   type string
           }
           @args.FORMAT {
                   type string
                   default raw
           }
           type file
           slave.pcm $SLAVE
           file $FILE
           format $FORMAT
   }
   file {
           @args.0 FILE
           @args.1 FORMAT
           @args.FILE {
                   type string
           }
           @args.FORMAT {
                   type string
                   default raw
           }
           type file
           slave.pcm null
           file $FILE
           format $FORMAT
   }
   null {
           type null
   }
   cards 'cards.pcm'
   front 'cards.pcm.front'
   rear 'cards.pcm.rear'
   center_lfe 'cards.pcm.center_lfe'
   side 'cards.pcm.side'
   surround40 'cards.pcm.surround40'
   surround41 'cards.pcm.surround41'
   surround50 'cards.pcm.surround50'
   surround51 'cards.pcm.surround51'
   surround71 'cards.pcm.surround71'
   iec958 'cards.pcm.iec958'
   spdif 'cards.pcm.iec958'
   modem 'cards.pcm.modem'
   phoneline 'cards.pcm.phoneline'
   default 'cards.pcm.default'
   dmix 'cards.pcm.dmix'
   dsnoop 'cards.pcm.dsnoop'
   -sh-3.1$


       Stephen