[Alsa-user] USB soundcard with AC3 pass-through?

2008-02-15 Thread Nils Rennebarth
Hello, Can someone recommend a USB soundcard with working AC3 pass-through? It should have an optical S/PDIF output because that is what my amplifier offers as input. The documentation on usb audio devices on www.alsa-project.org is somewhat scarce regarding specific features like this one. --

Re: [Alsa-user] AC3 pass-through possible with SB Audigy 2NX (USB) ?

2008-01-18 Thread Nils Rennebarth
Clemens Ladisch wrote: If not, is that a driver limitation or a hardware limitation? I think it is possible, but I don't know how to program this device for non-audio data. As this is an USB device, and I also have the card working under windows, is there anything I can do, to help with this

[Alsa-user] AC3 pass-through possible with SB Audigy 2NX (USB) ?

2008-01-17 Thread Nils Rennebarth
I have a creative sound blaster Audigy 2 NX USB sound card because the internal sound card of my laptop isn't that great. The card is connected to my Denon ADV 500SC amplifier by optical S/PDIF. This works very well for stereo output. The amplifier however does support Dolby surround sound, and I