[alsa-devel] How to set idle S/PDIF sample rate?

[Matt Whitlock]

On Tuesday, 26 February 2008 9:01:17 am Takashi Iwai wrote:
> There is a clear difference between "default" and "spdif" PCMs.
> The default uses dmix plugin with the fixed 48kHz rate.  The spdif is
> a direct access and can use all rates the codec chip supports (but no
> soft-mixing).

Well yes, I knew that.  I was trying to show you the inconsistencies of state in ALSA's handling of the S/PDIF output under various sequences of actions.

Can I assume at this point that there is no way to set the idle S/PDIF output sample rate to 44100 Hz?  That is my original question.