[RPi3] No S/PDIF Audio

Hi guys,With LE11 installed, I cannot make my spdif soundcard work !

It is supposed to be selected in kodi sound settings but only the PCM 2.0 or HDMI work.

As i have an old DENON amplifier without HDMI I still need to use the spdif output to get dolby digital from amazon prime !

I followed your thread on the forum...Unfortunately The procedure described doesnt work for me.

I'm not a computer geek specialist and I do not know how to edit the /storage/.config/system.d/kodi.service file.

I opened a session in raspbian and I cannot edit or create the file (I dont find it either).

Can you please provide me any help to make the spdif work again on LE11 (kodi 19).

Thanks in advance

I understood that the only way to edit a file is via the pi console and a sudo command.

The thing is that the file kodi.service doesnt exist in my system.d directory.

Is there another way to force KODI to add the SPDIF output?

is there another file to be edited?

Thanks in advance

my hardware is :

rpi3

Kuman SC07C Raspberry Pi HiFi Digi+ with spdif.(Soundcard)

the sudo command can be typed in raspbian session in the pi console I guess. I didnt try it so far because I dont know which commands to type. I would rather prefer to edit an existing file...

Thanks in advance

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hi there,

Im using a rpi3

My os is LE10 (kodi 19.5)

I have an extra soundcard hifiberry+ but I dont know how to configure the spdif output.

It doesnt appear in the sound settings of kodi...

Only appears alsa defaut hdmi (4 times) and pulse default bluetooth.

See enclosed a picture

Any idea to force the spdif output of my hifiberry+?

I bought a hdmi splitter to spdif but it doesnt work either...

Thanks in advance

Da Flex

Thanks for your help.

dtoverlay=hifiberry-digi is already in config.txt but it doesnt help...

The only audio settings I can choose are hdmi and audio pulse bluetooth.

See picture enclosed.

Im desperate...

Thanks in advance

hello Da flex,

I deleted the lines

• dtparam=i2c_arm=on
• dtparam=audio=on

• hdmi_force_hotplug=1

But it didnt work out

Then I downgraded L10 to LE9 2.8 (leia 18.5).

Unfortunately i still dont see hiifidberry in my available audio outputs in kodi...

Do you have any idea how to force it into config.txt?

Thanks in advance

Hi Da Flex,

Im a bit lost as I am a real beginner in here.

I dont know which instructions you are talking about in Raspberry PI OS.

I just can tell you that before upgrading LE 9 to LE10, my spdif output was working and available in kodi 18 (leia). When I downgraded from LE10 to LE9 it mystiriously disappeared.

By the meantime, I still have another kodi 17 installed on my pi.

This session works with my soundcard in spid. See the picture enclosed...

it looks like I have the hifiberry+ not the pi hifidigi+ as you wrote in the lasy post...

HI Da Flex,

As advised, I rechecked the instructions I received when I bought the card ( you are right its a PiFi Digi+ soundcard, not the original HiFiBerry Digi+)in 2016 :

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B01DD94DL6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

2) CONFIGURATION DU RPi

Déroulez les étapes suivantes indépendamment de l'image (distrib) installée sur votre RPi,

- Connectez-vous sur votre RPi

$ ssh <mon-rpi> -l pi

- Ouvrir le fichier /boot/config.txt

$ sudo nano /boot/config.txt

- Commentez l'entrée : "dtparam=audio=on" (si elle existe)

- Ajoutez une ligne pour la carte HiFi DiGi+

dtoverlay=hifiberry-digi

- Sauvegardez et quittez

- Ouvrir le fichier /etc/modules

$ sudo nano /etc/modules

- Ajoutez la ligne suivante pour charger le module de la carte au boot

snd_soc_hifiberry_digi

- Redémarrez votre raspberry

$ sudo reboot

3) PARAMÉTRAGE KODI

- Après reboot, allez dans Paramètres > Système > Audio

- Sélectionnez "ALSA: snd_rpi_hifiberry_digi,S/PDIF"

(Désactivez le passthrough s'il était actif)

Maintenant votre son passe à travers la carte HiFi DiGi+

Well it was ok in the past... but not working anymore

Then I checked other tutos :

Create /etc/asound.conf with the following content: pcm.!default { type hw card 0 } ctl.!default { type hw card 0 }

Reboot again

Any other idea?

Should I update the LE9 to LE11?

Will it help?

Thanks in advance