Outputting audio to both S/PDIF & OS Standard Output...

[ZetecMike]

Hi guys,

Had a quick look around and can't seem to find this anywhere. I am running an iMac with an M-Audio Firewire Audiophile, however I wouldn't have thought this is Apple specific, hence putting it here...

I basically have two rooms with TVs which are duplicates of each other, both the second monitor to this iMac. One room has a Sony surround system, capable of 5.1 via S/PDIF, the other room just has a 2 channel amp.

I am trying to get VLC to play the audio to both the S/PDIF output from M-Audio as well the output defined in the OS preferences. When I click 'Use S/PDIF if available' it drops the audio going to the OS defined output and only uses the S/PDIF, so question is, is there a way around this at all?

Cheers!

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Theoretically, it might be implementable depending on the audio hardware, but it's not currently implemented.

[ZetecMike]

Aha, ok, I wont go stressing myself trying to find ways to get this to work... May see if I can make an AppleScript to quickly toggle it or something then...

One for the 'requests' section maybe then...

[ZetecMike]

OK, looking at some alternative solutions to my request, when VLC is set to 'Use S/PDIF if available' does it put out 5.1 to the S/PDIF connection, obviously providing it is playing a 5.1 / DTS file?

Cheers!

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

In principles, yes. But this depends if the audio output supports it. For instance, PulseAudio cannot do passthrough.