My system does not use ac97.
I tried to record spdif input using audiorecord utility, but it seems that
this utility does not support spdif input (it expects to get a line, mic or
internal-cd), do you know of any other utility that I can use to record
spdif inputs (I'm working on an embedded system).

Thanks.


On 2/22/07, Cliff Wright <cliff@snipe444.org> wrote:
>
> I had to do a couple of things to get the SPDIF to work from my laptop
> to an amplifier. The ac97.c module that handles SPDIF did not have SPDIF
> turned
> on by default. My laptop disk just crashed, and I lost the patch to do
> this, but it was minor, so if I get around to figuring it out again,
> I can post that. If your system does not use ac97 then of course
> this would not apply. Also SPDIF is expected to work at 48Khz, so
> to get other frequencies provided by say xmms, I used esound(esd) set
> at 48Khz, but can take any input frequency and do the conversion on the
> fly.