[ILUG] 5.1 surround sound via SPDIF

[Mikhail Ramendik]

Hello,

Following the sound box discussion, I decided to go for a lower-end AV 
Receiver; it came with speakers, and now I have some kind of 5.1 sound 
system :)

I do not have analog 5.1 outputs on my motherboard, but I do have SPDIF 
output, and the AVR has SPDIF input. A usual DVD player would send 5.1 sound 
via SPDIF.

Question: is it possible to make Linux do the same, with any of the assorted 
DVD playing programs?

I am using kernel 2.6.18, the motherboard is an ASUS P4P800 and has solid ALSA 
support for the integrated sound system; the SPDIF is available as hw:0,4.

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Yours, Mikhail Ramendik