On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 16:17 +0200, Thomas Zehetbauer wrote: > I have now been told that SPDIF cannot support more than 2 channels > except with AC3 compression. Given the fact that we can send 580MBit/s > over USB2.0 I would not have even remotely considered this to be the > problem and find it an incredible shame that audio industry is using > such a crippled standard. > > I have now solved my problem by buying and connecting an analog 5.1 > speaker set. Unfortunately I get audible distortions when I turn both > the "PCM" and "Wave" mixers to the maximum setting. I wonder if anyone > can provide more insight what these controls really do and whether it's > better to turn down "PCM", "Wave" or both. > Adjust volume controls for your listening pleasure. Up or down is your choice, as it is with any sound system. > Tom > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list