Re: [alsa-devel] SoundBlaster X-fi HD SPDIF fix

At Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:36:31 +0200, Richard Körber wrote:

Hi!

I own a Creative USB SoundBlaster X-fi HD and tried to use its SPDIF optical output. However it didn't work with ALSA out of the box. The reason is that for SPDIF output device #1 must be used.

The fix is: In /usr/share/alsa/cards/USB-Audio.conf, change the iec958_device block like this:

USB-Audio.pcm.iec958_device { "USB Sound Blaster HD" 1 }

Digital output works fine for me after that.

Could you submit a patch to add the entry in alsa-lib git tree?

BTW, I tried this line in /etc/asound.conf

cards.USB-Audio.pcm.iec958_device."USB Sound Blaster HD" 1

but it didn't have any effect. Why was that?

The line above doesn't work like a way to append a list entry.

thanks,

Takashi