[pulseaudio-discuss] How to disable mixer element IEC958 ?

[Lennart Poettering]

On Mon, 23.11.09 21:05, thaler (jth at gmx.net) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have upgraded my system to Fedora 12 and I have PulseAudio 0.9.19.
> 
> My problem is that I have a switch "IEC958" (= S/PDIF) and I want to disable it. (Because if it is on, a red light disturb me)
> 
> With the old version (Fedora 10), I simply uncheck the box in the volume control window.
> 
> With the new version I added to following line to analog-output.conf.common: 
> 
> [Element IEC958]
> switch = select
> 
> [Option IEC958:on]
> name = output-iec958-on
> priority = 10
> 
> [Option IEC958:off]
> name = output-iec958-off
> priority = 0
> 
> 
> Now my problem is: I can choose output-iec958-off in the g-v-c and the switch will go off. Then I play a sound and the switch goes ON again.
> 
> Same behavior with
> [Element IEC958]
> switch = off
> 
> I am at my wit's end. ;)

That switch is normally controlled by the spdif:xxx alsa
devices. Those devices are used when you select a digital output
profile for the card meaning that the profile and the port selection
will collide.

Lennart

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