[Cialug] ALSA, intel8x0, and controlling digital volume

[Nick Fox]

I am not exactly sure on this, but you should be able to just set your 
default PCM to the iec958. This is usually done inside your .asoundrc 
and .asoundrc.asoundconf if i recall.

-Nick

Colin Burnett wrote:
> I've had this box for some time now and have never bothered to figure
> this out.  I've got an nvidia CK804 AC97 audio chipset on gentoo.
> ALSA is set up for intel8x0 with nothing special for a config.  It all
> "works".  That said, what I would like is the master volume to control
> the digital output (i.e., IEC958) in addition to the PCM output
> otherwise the analog out to my monitor speakers don't volume track the
> digital out to my receiver.
>
> (My usual solution around this is to do `mplayer -af volume=8` or
> whatever to adjust the digital out and adjust analog to fill nicely.)
>
> Any one know the answer or have a clue?
>
>
> Colin
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