[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#998125: libasound2-plugins: Config file for a52 plugin (60-a52-encoder.conf) produces no/garbled sound via optical digital out (S/PDIF)

[Elimar Riesebieter]

Control: severity -1 normal

Hi Jens,

* Jens Schmidt <schmidt at iils.de> [2021-10-30 20:27 +0200]:

> Package: libasound2-plugins
> Version: 1.2.2-2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable

The package is not unusable because of one use case out of many.

> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> * What led up to the situation?
> Fresh Debian 11 install.
> I want to output 5.1 sound via toslink.
> Used KDE settings to switch from analog output to digital out 5.1.
> This produced no or garbled sound and Youtube videos would
> play back way to fast without sound.
> Then I switched to digital out stereo, this worked as expected but only
> stereo.
> 
> I could trace back the error to the shipped config file for alsa's a52
> plugin: 60-a52-encoder.conf.

Well 60-a52-encoder.conf is shipped from upstream. So would you
please report this to alsa-devel at alsa-project.org and keep
998125 at bugs.debian.org in Cc: ?

> 
> When I replaced that file with a much simpler one (see below) 5.1
> digital out worked as expedted.

We won't replace your a52.conf with 60-a52-encoder.conf as there are
users who might find the original conf file ok. You can create a
$HOME/.asoundrc with your configuration.

Elimar
-- 
  Never make anything simple and efficient when a way
  can be found to make it complex and wonderful ;-)