[alsa-devel] [PATCH] Re: iec958 switch uneffective while playing ac3 stream

[Dominique Dumont]

Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> writes:

> After reconsideration, I found it much easier to change the driver to 
> allow access to the dedicated SPDIF stream even while analog dup
> mode.  When the SPDIF stream is opened, the SPDIF is forced to reset
> and then the stream is reserved for the exclusive access until it's
> closed.
>
> The below is a test patch.  Now you see it's so simple...
>
> Can anyone test it?

Done. It does not work:

$ ac3dec -C -c 1 dh122.ac3
Using PCM device 'plug:iec958:{AES0 0x2 AES1 0x82 AES2 0x0 AES3 0x2 CARD 1}'
snd_pcm_open: Device or resource busy
Output open failed

I can't find a trace to explain why in kern.log or in syslog.

If necessary, I'll dig further this week-end.

Cheers