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Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 09:38:52 -0700
From: "Kallol Biswas" <nucleodyne@gmail.com>
To: "Lee Revell" <rlrevell@joe-job.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: HDMI Audio Support in ALSA
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Can ALSA handle HDMI audio frames? It does not look so.

Do you need a pointer to HDMI audio spec (L-PCM, IEC 60958 IEC 61937 etc.)?

On 5/19/08, Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Kallol Biswas <nucleodyne@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >   We are building a HDMI capture card that has a HDMI audio device.
>  >
>  > The audio device needs to be integrated with ALSA framework.
>  > Unfortunately the audio is not supported in ALSA.
>  >
>  > I understand that work is being done at this moment to support the audio format.
>  >
>  > Any information on when the support will be available is helpful.
>
>
> You don't provide nearly enough information.  What exactly is missing
>  from ALSA that you need?
>
>  Normally if you develop a new device you must write a (GPL'ed) ALSA
>  driver for it.
>
>
>  Lee
>