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Hi im trying to get my SPDIF/optical on Creative X-Fi to give sound.

atm in xbmc:
"Audio Output Device" "default"
"Passthrough Output Device" "iec958"

I know hdmi and jackplug works on Acer REVO
cant get anything on Creative X-Fi to work.

What do i put in "Audio Output Device" & "Passthrough Output Device"?

spec/hw:
Ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386 last update 28. July.
XBMC Linux
Acer REVO R3600
Creative X-Fi 5.1 USB (SB1090)

aplay -L :

aplay -l :

(yea, my english is bad)

- Perril

I have an audigy 2 platinum and set both options to "SPDIF" to get my optical out working properly.

I don't have any dashboard sounds but movies (stereo, ac3, dts) and music all playback without issue.

hmm didnt work for me

iec958

check in alsamixer that it isn't muted (MM)

alsamixer is run in console.

also look if the optical is lit

In alsamixer i only see master, it has a green "OO"

optical cabel i see red light

if you go to the far right using the arrows, you should see a "iec958" it's listed in you aplay listing.

in "Audio Output Device" & "Passthrough Output Device" try iec958

that didnt work to..
I have sound in gnome/gui

but not in xbmc :/

Try with plug:iec958 for audiodevice and iec958 for passthrough

Note that just using iec958 is ambiguous here - you have to specify the full device like this:

You can try it with "speaker-test -D plug:iec958:CARD=S51,DEV=0" first.

SPDIF/Optical works!

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Hi, sorry my english isn't very good, but i try to describe my problem. I have the same soundcard (X-Fi USB 5.1) and i try the settings from this thread, but it doesn't work on XBMC live. No Sound.

/$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 1: S51 [SB X-Fi Surround 5.1], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: S51 [SB X-Fi Surround 5.1], device 1: USB Audio [USB Audio #1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: S51 [SB X-Fi Surround 5.1], device 2: USB Audio [USB Audio #2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
/$ aplay -L
default:CARD=S51
SB X-Fi Surround 5.1, USB Audio
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=S51,DEV=0
SB X-Fi Surround 5.1, USB Audio
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=S51,DEV=0
SB X-Fi Surround 5.1, USB Audio
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=S51,DEV=0
SB X-Fi Surround 5.1, USB Audio
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=S51,DEV=0
SB X-Fi Surround 5.1, USB Audio
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=S51,DEV=0
SB X-Fi Surround 5.1, USB Audio
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=S51,DEV=0
SB X-Fi Surround 5.1, USB Audio
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=S51,DEV=0
SB X-Fi Surround 5.1, USB Audio
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
/$ alsamixer
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory

Can anyone help me please?

I know this is an old thread, but hopefully a bump will help resurect it. Has anyone had any success getting the USB X-Fi working on a Revo with XBMC Live? Alternatively, if it can be made to work with Ubuntu would there be a problem with running XBMC on top of Ubuntu in terms of the playback of 1080p MKV files?