CMedia (CM8738 Integrated) Optical Output with CDROM
 

Hello,

I have a Soyo K7V-Dragon board, running RedHat 7.1,
Kernel 2.4.2-4 (recompiled). This motherboard
has a CMedia (CM8738 chip) integrated on-board 6 channel sound card.

Couple of days ago, I bought a RCA 5.1 channel receiver along with speakers and I am in the process of trying
to get the optical connection between the computer and
the receiver going and I am running into the following glitch:

1. When I play a "*.wav" file or a "*.mp3" file from
XMMS, I get beautiful optical output from the sound card.

2. When I play a CD on the machine I get NO optical
output.

Why? How can I get optical output from the sound card
when I play CDs on the machine?

thanks

with regards
-DJ

Hy, i have the Chaintech 7njs Zenith Bord, running SuSe 8.1
Kernel 2.4.19-4GB. This motherboard
has a CMedia (CM8738 chip) integrated on-board 6 channel sound card.

I have one problem. My optical output doesn't work.

Which drive do you use and how do you configure it.

Thanks for your help


And sorry for my english.

make sure there is an audio connection between your cd rom and your sound card/mobo if there isn't already

When I play a CD on the machine or play a "*.wav" file "*.mp3" or watch TV ,I get NO optical
output.

Ok, it works but , when I start kwintv on the machine I get NO optical output.
Under ut2003 or xmms it works beautiful.

The cable is in the TV-card and in the soundcard (Onboard). The connection between TVcard and Soundkart is ok because, i hear sound on my headset