Weird S/PDIF half mute issue from digital cable box to input on Audigy Live Dr

I have an audigy platinum w/li've dri've and a digital cable box with a s/pdif coax output. when i plug the cable into the s/pdif in on the li've dri've, S/PDIF-In it mutes in the play control when I am on a digital audio channel such as HBO or whatever. You can still hear the channel, but it sounds like its the rear channel because you rarely hear voices but a lot of louder noises such as gunshots or explosions. Also, when I try to record the input, its just a bunch of loud sna
ps.
When i change to an analog channel, such as comedy central, it unmutes and sounds and records perfect.
I have the updated drivers and I've tried looking all over for answers, so I'm thinking this is an ID 0 T error...
Would this be my cable box? (the box itself has no onboard options)
I am just at a loss here....
thanks for your time Message Edited by smish on 04-20-2005 07:02 AM

Does
aplay -Dplug:iec958 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
work?
Did you try this while running a DE? Did you try disabling/enabling powersaving?
Last edited by Tes-- (2012-06-03 18:47:40)

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