Problem to route line-in to the spdif-out (nforce2)

[Bedman]

Hello,

i've tried to solve this Problem for over two weeks, now.
I'm using the newest Kernel (2.6.3-rc2) with Alsa Sound Support enabled. The Modules for the NForce2 APU (intel8x0) and for my TV-Card (bt87x) are compiled and working.
I have sound via Alsa and OSS-Emulation through the SpDif out.
The TV-Card is connected with a external cable to my line-in.
There are in /dev/snd 2 Devices for the BT87x and 4 Devices for the intel8x0.
the .asoundrc look like this: (not exactly because I'm not at home right now )
"
pcm.nforce-hw {
type hw
card 0
}

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "nforce"
}

pcm.nforce {
type dmix
ipc_key 1234
slave {
pcm "hw:0,1"
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 4096
rate 44100
}
}

ctl.nforce-hw {
type hw
card 0
}

pcm.bt87x {
type hw
card 1
}

ctl.bt87x {
type hw
card 1
}
"

I also tried almost every mixer settings, without luck.

Please if there is anybody outthere, who got this to work, tell me!!!!!!!!

Thx Bedman

[Bedman]

*bump*

[anarchist]

got the same problem but with sblive ... no idea how i might fix it

[darkphoenix16]

anyone get a fix yet? this is quite crappy
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[StuRReaL]

how did you get sound via the spdif? because I can only get analogue from mine :S which version of ALSA are you using, and does the nforce have hardware mixing under ALSA yet?

[darkphoenix16]

I got it using alsa from kernel 2.6.4 and alsa-lib/utils 1.0.3. I only got it with xmms using the ALSA plug-in though, all other OSS apps wouldnt work. I also had to turn off arts. Sorry, no hardware mixing.

I eventually swithed to the commercial OSS drivers for 20 bucks. They work much better for my nforce2 board.
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[StuRReaL]

commercial drivers for the nforce? eh? enlighten me... I'm still finding my way around linux and things need a bit of explaining to me

[Bedman]

I found a way to route the line-in signal to my spdif. It's not the best way but the only way i discovered.
You can grab the Signal from your line-in source by recording in via arecord and play it instantly via aplay through your spdif.
The command should be something like this: "arecord -f dat -D linein | aplay"
"linein" should be defined in the home .asoundrc like this:

pcm.linein {
type hw
card 0
device 0
}

Start your TV-Application (e.g. tvtime) and the run the command.

The Problems are that the sound is a little bit out of sync and the quality is miserable. But better then nothing

Cya Bedman

[Glorandar]