recording spdif with ice1724 chipset

[John Wendel]

Ian Malone wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to work out how to record from an S/PDIF input
> using a Terratec 7.1 Space (Envy24 based card, supported by
> ICE1724 Alsa driver).  I simply can't work it out.
> 
> Under Windows it's necessary to use the Terratec control
> panel to select S/PDIF as the recording source (rather
> than the analogue mixer/sources).  What I think I should
> do under Linux is something like:
> 
> $ arecord -f dat test.wav -Dhw:0,1
> 
> This gives:
> Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, 
> Stereo
> arecord: set_params:901: Sample format non available
> 
> Which might sound like I've asked it for a format it can't
> supply.  Except that specifying -Dhw:0,0 (the analogue
> input) does the same thing, but leaving off the -D option
> records happily.  I haven't plugged anything into line-in
> to test whether it's actually doing anything yet though.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?  One of the reasons I got this card
> was to record from digital source and it's going to be
> annoying if I have to use Windows to do it.
> 
> $ arecord -l
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: T71Space [Terratec Aureon 7.1-Space], device 0: ICE1724 [ICE1724]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: T71Space [Terratec Aureon 7.1-Space], device 1: IEC1724 IEC958 
> [IEC1724 IEC958]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> 
> 

While you're waiting for a real reply, try this ...

arecord -L

Should show a list of PCM device names, on my box, I see "spdif" and 
"iec958" in the list.

arecord -f dat test.wav -D spdif

might work, I don't actually have a working spdif input.

Regards,

John