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

[Dominique Dumont]

Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> writes:

> I don't care much about wording, so I'd like to ask you guys which
> one is better.  In general, we have the following modes for SPDIF
> output:
>
> 1. "Exclusive" / "Independent" mode
>   You'll have a dedicated SPDIF stream, suitable for AC3/DTS output.
>
> 2. "Duplicate" / "Shared" mode
>   The normal analog output is copied to SPDIF output.
>
> 3. (codec-dependent) "Analog Loopback" mode
>   The analog line-in / CD / mic-in (and mixer) is loopbacked to SPDIF
>   output
>
> 4. (codec-dependent) "SPDIF Loopback" mode
>   The SPDIF-input is loopbacked to SPDIF output
>

Since we can have more that one word in the label, we can have a more
consistent set :

1. "SPDIF-out only"
2. "Analog-out copy"
3. "Analog-in loopback"
4. "SPDIF-in loopback"

HTH

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Dominique Dumont 
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