[RedCat]

Hello!

I need some help: I have one Asrock A330ION motherboard with 2 GB ram. I dowloaded the xbmc 9.11 live version. I try from CD, and I installed to the pen drive from cd, but optical Spdif output dont work.
I have Yamaha 430 reciver (5.1, DD, DTS is ok)

System settings in XBMC menu:
Audio output: digital
DD and DTS enabled
Audio output devide: I try default, and iec958
Passthrough output device: iec958
Downmix disabled

I havent sound in Spdif. No menu sounds, and no film audio...

I readed some forums, and I listed my audio devides in linux:

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Where is SPDIF (iec958)

aplay -L
front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, HDA Generic
Front speakers
surround40:Card=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, HDA Generic
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:Card=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, HDA Generic
4.1 Surround output to Front and Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:Card=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, HDA Generic
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:Card=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, HDA Generic
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:Card=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, HDA Generic
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
hdmi:Card=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, NVIDIA HDMI
HDMI Audio Output
Null

SPDIF missing??

What is wrong? Please help, I woud like to use spdif output.

Thx.

UI: Sorry for my bad english

[us1111]

This works for me:

$home/.asoundrc (hw:0,1 found with aplay command):

Code:

pcm.!default {
type asym
playback.pcm {
type plug
slave.pcm "hw:[b]0,1[/b]"
}
}

Get a repository for the latest alsa version available like:

Code:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefirstm/karmic-testing/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefirstm/karmic-testing/ubuntu karmic main

Apt update your system to the latest kernel.

That's how i've done it, everything is working perfectly now.

[us1111]

You might wanna get the latest Alsa first, this is what you should get with aplay:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC662 rev1 Digital [ALC662 rev1 Digital]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Card 0, device 1 is your spdif out.. If this is not showing (after alsa update) on your card, you might have a problem.

I disabled pulse and started XBMX manually, also i'm using ubuntu light as a base opposed to the live version. This allows me to do my own stuf on my mediacenter..

[vikjon0]

I have an Asrock ION 330 and spdif works direcly when 9.11 live is loaded. I am using toslink to the receiver.
Of course your board could have different components..

have you checked volume levels in alsamixer?

[RedCat]

So, I tired yours ideas. I deleted all, and I started from the begining.

I installed xbmc 9.11 live from cdrom to my hdd.

I add new repo:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefirstm/karmi...ing/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefirstm/karmi...ing/ubuntu karmic main

I updated the system, alsamixer show v1.0.21

I deleted .asoundrc file, and create new:
pcm.!default {
type asym
playback.pcm {
type plug
slave.pcm "hw:0,1"
}
}

I unmute the SPDIF in alsamixer

restart system

And aplay -l show only:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

I dont see Card 0, device 1 (SPDIF)...

What is wrong, what is the problem? Pls help me!
Thx.

PS: I installed windows xp for testing spdif. Under windows work spdif, I hear windows sounds. I think the hardware is good, I have software problem?

[RedCat]

have you checked volume levels in alsamixer?

Yes, but I can change volume levels only the master and PCM, SPDIF cant. I can SPDIF only mute or unmute.

[fagzal]

I have the same problem...

ASRock A330Ion, Ubuntu 10.04.1. I can see 0.0 (Analog) and 0.3 (HDMI) with aplay -l. No IEC958... I can select it in XBMC, but I get "Unable to initialize audio"

[misipino]

Same problem .... any suggestion?

[lowlife]

Yes, but I can change volume levels only the master and PCM, SPDIF cant. I can SPDIF only mute or unmute.

same problem. no solution found yet

[gsgleason]

Digital outputs don't have volume, do they? I wouldn't think so.

In every build I've done, spdif is always muted by default, and I have to run aslamixer as root and unmute it, then run alsactl store to save.

Go into your bios/cmos settings and see what's there to mess with. Maybe something is disabled there.

[lowlife]

Digital outputs don't have volume, do they? I wouldn't think so.

oh. why not?

In every build I've done, spdif is always muted by default, and I have to run aslamixer as root and unmute it, then run alsactl store to save.

I'm using XBMC live from xbmcfreak, and on that build the 3 SPDIF's aint muted, they show up as 00 in alsamixer.

Still no sound.

Go into your bios/cmos settings and see what's there to mess with. Maybe something is disabled there.

That I can do.

[lowlife]

Well I'll be damned.

My receiver is a Denon AVR-XXXX (don't remember the number now, but it was a middle tier one I bought 3 years ago), which have 2 optical in called OPT 1 and OPT 2, and only 2 HDMI in.

Both HDMI are taken, so I had to set up asrock with HDMI directly to TV, and then a SPDIF cable to the receiver. OPT 1 was taken, so OPT 2 was the input I was trying to get working.

Turns out OPT2 won't give any sound at all! When I switched the cables, e.g. OPT1->OPT2, OPT2->OPT1, Asrock suddenly produced sound! (and the source now going to OPT2 did not).

That leaves me with little choices, either cable jockey or buy new receiver

However I could only get analoge to work from the XBMCLive. Does it really matter if the sound is only analoge? Keep in mind I only got 2 speakers, no subwoofer or central speaker.
This puzzles me to no end, I tought S/PDIF was digital only?

[prensel]

Well I'll be damned.

My receiver is a Denon AVR-XXXX (don't remember the number now, but it was a middle tier one I bought 3 years ago), which have 2 optical in called OPT 1 and OPT 2, and only 2 HDMI in.

Both HDMI are taken, so I had to set up asrock with HDMI directly to TV, and then a SPDIF cable to the receiver. OPT 1 was taken, so OPT 2 was the input I was trying to get working.

Turns out OPT2 won't give any sound at all! When I switched the cables, e.g. OPT1->OPT2, OPT2->OPT1, Asrock suddenly produced sound! (and the source now going to OPT2 did not).

That leaves me with little choices, either cable jockey or buy new receiver

However I could only get analoge to work from the XBMCLive. Does it really matter if the sound is only analoge? Keep in mind I only got 2 speakers, no subwoofer or central speaker.
This puzzles me to no end, I tought S/PDIF was digital only?

Did you enable the OPT2 in your Denon Setup ?

[lowlife]

Did you enable the OPT2 in your Denon Setup ?

AFIAK you cannot enable/disable inputs/outputs.

I've set the source to Video: none Audio:OPT2 though.