[sebi_debian]

Hi,
after some hours of searching I finally found a solution (see http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...odule=intel8x0 for more details...).
In order to use the optical out connector with the alsa intel8x0 driver, you have to create an /etc/asound.conf file containing:

#/etc/asound.conf start: 
pcm.!default {
  type plug
  slave.pcm "dmixer"
  }
pcm.dsp0 {
  type plug
  slave.pcm "dmixer"
  }
pcm.dmixer {
  type dmix
  ipc_key 1024
 slave {
  pcm "hw:0,2"
## not always hw:0,2
## try
## cat /proc/asound/devices
## and look for
## "18: [ 0- 2]: digital audio playback"
## eg when it says
##  "16: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback"
## you must use "hw:0,0"
  period_time 0
  period_size 1024
 buffer_size 8192
  rate 44100
  }
 bindings {
  0 0
  1 1
  }
  }

ctl.dmixer {
  type hw
  card 0
  } 
#end

Further on, you must tell every sound application you want to use that it shall use the new output.
Examples:
mplayer:

xmms

and xine:
first set the mode to "expert", otherwise you aren't able to change the audio settings!

This settings work for me:




With this settings I'm able to use the optical out connector with the alsa drivers!

regards