Bug 414542

NOTES: 

Some of the terms I use are explained in "Additional info" 

Description of problem:

Passing "--spdif --alsa-audio-device iec958" to VLClib(remember Kaffeine is just a front-end) causes no audio to be played. The source is Dolby Digital and the command should send the Dolby to my receiver(this is called "passthrough").

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.0.18

How reproducible:

If I start playing any audio with VLC while Kaffeine is playing a video(tested by receiving an ATSC broadcast), sound plays from Kaffeine when VLC is closed and seems to keep working until Kaffeine is closed. I used the GUI in VLC to set it up in a way that matches those arguments, I have also tested VLC with those arguments and it does indeed work correctly. 

Under some rare unreproducible cases, I was able to get a Stereo audio track to play but this was not passthrough(the light was not on).

Steps to Reproduce:
When testing this I used an ATSC broadcast, I have not fully tested other features. 
0. Click the "Settings" menu and click "Configure Kaffeine", in "libVLC" add "--spdif --alsa-audio-device iec958" and then restart Kafffeine 
1. Start a stream that can use SPDIF Passthrough(like receiving an ATSC broadcast) 
2. You will here silence

Actual results:
You will hear silence.(in one case this affected other programs too until Kaffine was closed) 


Expected results:
You here the stream. 


Additional info:
In case you don't know some of the terms I used here:

SPDIF Passthrough: 

Passes non-PCM streams(like Dolby Digital) directly to a decoder(amp or A/V receiver) rather than having the PC decode it. No other sounds can play when you do this. 

ATSC: 
Digital television broadcast in the USA and Canada(maybe other places too), can be received with the correct hardware and software. (Kaffeine is the software) 

The odd thing:
Kafffeine uses VLC as a backend and as I said it works fine.