6 Apr
2014
6 Apr
'14
5:36 p.m.
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.
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?
Thank you!
Regards Richard Körber