[alsa-devel] Dell XPS One 2710 HDA Intel PCH - No S/PDIF Output - High Definition ALC275Q (ALC3260)

[marve]

Dear all,

Does anyone know if there is a problem with Alsa with my particular
hardware configuration?

It is so silly to see the VU-Meters in the Pulse-Audio Volume Control
tool reacting on sound and have set the output to SPDIF, but hearing no
sound (or even get a signal) on the receiver. The receiver isn't
particularly new, but supports DTS.

Any suggestion?

Thanks a bunch!

M.


On 08/08/2016 09:51 PM, marve wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Still haven't been able to get sound through S/PDIF. I know a little
> about trouble shooting and today I checked if the receiver could receive
> DTS from another TOSLINK S/PDIF enabled machine and yes, my receiver works!
>
> The reason I am writing is that I'm out of options and wonder if this
> might be a bug in a untested environment for ALSA, were I may help to
> fix. Or maybe I'm just missing something.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> On 08/02/2016 09:16 PM, Marve wrote:
>> Anyone solved connecting audio system to a TOSLINK S/PDIF Out connection
>> on a High Definition ALC275Q (ALC3260) of a Dell XPS One 2710?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> M.
>>
>> On 07/30/2016 05:24 PM, Marve wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've been trying stuff myself and got help from someone (debianuser) at
>>> #alsa IRC, but without success! I got the advice to explain the issue in
>>> this mailing list!
>>>
>>> I'm running Linux Mint 18 on a all-in-one Dell XPS One 2710. Most stuff
>>> works, except sound.
>>>
>>> The former Mint version also sound from the speakers worked out of the
>>> box. Now, I have to switch from the Pulse Audio volume control from 
>>> "Speakers" to "Headphones (unplugged)" every time I start up to get
>>> audio from the internal speakers, which is working well then, annoying,
>>> is probably an issue that belongs in another group and not the reason
>>> I'm writing you! :)
>>>
>>> The XPS One 2710 has a S/PDIF Toslink (optical) connection. Back in the
>>> days that Microsoft wasn't trying to shove up Windows 10 to everyone, I
>>> successfully could get output from this connection to my JVC Receiver
>>> from Windows7 of the box.
>>>
>>> I find it hard to have it configured under Linux.
>>>
>>> Partly, with help from a anonymous debianuser on #alsa IRC I checked
>>> with alsamixer that the S/PDIF was not muted. Also, with the Jack
>>> Retasking for HDA tool, I enforced Pin ID: 0x1e is a SPDIF Out
>>> connection. After this, the Pulse Audio Tools shows several new
>>> interesting Built-in Audio options and I think "Digital Stereo (IEC958)
>>> Outout looks most promising. So I select this one and with Output
>>> Devices I select "Digital Output (S/PDIF). Then, when I play something
>>> on the box, the volume meters actually show that there is something
>>> playing, but I can't hear anything from the JVC receiver! The receiver
>>> supports PCM to DTS, but no sound is coming out of it!
>>>
>>> Thanks if you could help me out! I am happy to help you when you need
>>> more information or want we to test something. I had this problem on the
>>> previous Linux Mint LTS version and tried to install a newer kernel and
>>> alsa driver, which didn't work - so I decided to wait for the current LTS.
>>>
>>> I made a fresh info:
>>> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=556ae2bdae66341579831231ef2d90ca0d7c8e24
>>>
>>> If you need one with other settings, please let me know!
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> M.
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