[alsa-devel] Strange hardware: XFX nForce 780i SLI MCP

[Alexander E. Patrakov]

08.07.2015 09:55, Raymond Yau wrote:
>  >
>  > Yesterday I got an interesting email related to dcaenc support.
>  >
>  > The person has an "XFX nForce 780i SLI" MCP board:
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_nforce_780i_sli_us.html ,
> http://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/132-CK-NF78.pdf
>  >
>  > As you see on page 18 of the manual, this board has no HDMI output,
> but there is an optical SPDIF. Strangely enough, this SPDIF is his
> "hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0" device.
>  >
>  > Given the recent discussions related to dynamically creating PCM
> devices for HDMI, I think you will be interested in this alsa-info output.
>  >
>  > Is there anything here that would need special treatment by ALSA or
> PulseAudio? Or, is this just a misnumbered/misnamed codec?
>  >
>
> Check whether BIOS set the internal spdif as HDMI as pin default
>
> The alsa driver prefer HDMI  instead of SPDIF when there are two Digital
> Outs
>

According to the manual, there is no such setting in the BIOS.

(original reporter BCCed just in case)

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Alexander E. Patrakov