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

[Raymond Yau]

>>
>>  >
>>  > 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)

Node 0x11 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400300: Mono Digital
Control: name="HDMI Phantom Jack", index=0, device=0
Pincap 0x00000010: OUT
Pin Default 0x18567530: [Jack] Digital Out at Int HDMI
Conn = Digital, Color = Yellow DefAssociation = 0x3, Sequence = 0x0
Misc = NO_PRESENCE
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 1 0x10

Node 0x1e [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400300: Mono Digital
Control: name="SPDIF Phantom Jack", index=0, device=0
Pincap 0x00000010: OUT
Pin Default 0x01441520: [Jack] SPDIF Out at Ext Rear
Conn = RCA, Color = Black DefAssociation = 0x2, Sequence = 0x0
Misc = NO_PRESENCE Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 1 0x06

The driver use the first digital pin's type HDMI or SPDIF , you need to
modify the logic in hda_generic.c when type of two digital pins are
different