I just upgraded VLC to the version Ubuntu 8.10 just made available. In the process one of the key features I was using VLC for has changed. Before I could get it to pass 24 bit audio at different sample rates to the spdif output unchanged, "bit perfect" a feature I want since my audio hardware has special capabilities that are dependent on bit perfect audio. The new version, VLC version 0.9.4 Grishenko, has changed how this works and I cannot get it to pass the audio without changing the level. In the process its changing the audio stream and affecting it. I have tried every setting I could find and none will restore the operation I had.
Is this change intentional? Is there a way to pass the stream through unchanged? How to I revert to the previous version?