Re: Alsa problem

[Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes@yahoo.com>]

Alex Samad wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I am having problems with my alsa setup, I have an Audigy 2 Value
> [SB0400].
> 
> when I try playing via iec958
> 
> aplay dummy.wav -D iec958 -v
> 
> everything plays okay, says its playing via hw 0,0,0
> 
> But when I try
> 
> aplay dummy.wav -D hw:0,0,0 -v
> 
> I don't get any sound :(
> 
> I am testing this so I can get dmix working so I can share the pcm
> 
> alex
>  

try the alsa howto, there are planty examples there. I never used iec958.
This is the digital device, right?
I writing here, because I was asking myself all the time what I can use it
for (I mean the digital in/out). Or is it optical? OR I miss something.

regards