Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:54:07 +0100 From: FreeBSD Prospect <mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: nforce2 digital audio output support? (or spdif support at all?) Message-ID: <200602062154.07577.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org>
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Hi! I was searching for more info about support for DOLBY DIGITAL pass-through to a digital audio output, but nothing recent came up. This matter seems to be a serious shortage in FreeBSD, because the only useable info which came up on www.google.com/bsd was concerning NetBSD (http://bsd-crew.de/index.php/5.1-Surround-Sound_mit_NetBSD, which is in German language). There something of an audio-layer is mentioned. Is it really possible, that NetBSD is ahead of FreeBSD in that particular matter? I have a workstation with Asus A7N8X-deluxe motherboard, which features the nforce2 chipset, and has an electrial digital audio output. On my first few tests with FreeBSD 6.0 (-RELEASE), after loading the snd_ich driver, I got analog sound working, but the digital output was not recognized and did not show up in sysctl. Any idea, if spdif support is already in -CURRENT, and if not, if somebody is working on that issue? -- Sincerely, A FreeBSD Prospect, who is actually using Gentoo Linux
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