[alsa-devel] Intel G45 8-Channel LPCM over HDMI

[Wu Fengguang]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:41:46PM +0000, adelias wrote:
> Vedran Miletić <rivanvx <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > 
> > How about GeForce 8200 and nVIDIA HDMI as an alternative? (Perhaps
> > even new 9300 or something for Intel. Don't know much about that,
> > sorry.) There is even one ITX (made by Jetway), and lots of mATX. Much
> > cheaper than G45, and I believe that it supports 8ch LPCM. Not sure if
> > it supports that on Linux, but there was a lot of work on that topic
> > recently.
> 
> > 
> 
> What is the current status on multichannel LPCM over HDMI on the G45? With my
> DG45FC I can only manage to send the L/R channels to my Onkyo 707.

That's interesting - it should work. How about testing 8-channel audio
with
        speaker-test -t wav -c8

? What's your kernel version and dmesg?

Thanks,
Fengguang