• Pulseaudio/Alsa a52 encode S/PDIF

Posted: **Wed Dec 28, 2016 3:20 pm**

Edit/make: /home/yourname/.asoundrc

pcm.a52 {
@args [CARD]
@args.CARD {
type string
}
type rate
slave {
pcm {
type a52
bitrate 448
channels 6
card $CARD
}
rate 48000 #required somehow, otherwise nothing happens in PulseAudio
}
}

Edit: /etc/pulse/daemon.conf Make sure this settings is enabled and correct.

enable-lfe-remixing = yes
lfe-crossover-freq = 120
default-sample-rate = 48000
default-sample-channels = 6

Edit: /etc/default.conf Make sure this module is loaded. Here you can change the speaker mapping.

load-module module-combine channels=6 channel_map=front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe