Comment 36 for bug 579300

I just reinstalled pulseaudio last night. I immediately remembered why I had uninstalled it in the first place. padevchooser does not detect or let me choose iec958 5.1 channel output. My machine is connected to my audio receiver via either optical or digital coaxial line (I can't remember off the top of my head which, but it doesn't matter because neither would be supported by pulse) for DTS and Dolby / AC3 5.1 playback. So with pulse installed and active, I have no sound output.

Pulse is not a solution.