[alsa-devel] HDMI with more than 2ch ?

[Xavier Bestel]

Le mardi 25 janvier 2011 à 02:17 +0100, David Henningsson a écrit :
> According to your HDMI codec it only supports stereo output, not 
> 8-channel PCM. This is a limitation in your hardware, not in the HDMI 
> standard.
> 
> That is, if you want more channels, you probably want to ac3-encode the 
> audio data. 

I've found it's a driver problem. Please read the thread titled "ALSA
multichannel through HDMI" for the gory details.

	Xav