Hi

>But when I select the spdif device on xmms (hw0,4) the song seems to play but no sound is uttered on the receiver.
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I use use 'snd_intel8x0' with spdif and analog out...
Select (hw0,0) or default.

If you have still problems try:

maggo@bart maggo $ iecset
Mode: consumer
Data: audio
Rate: 44100 Hz
Copyright: permitted
Emphasis: none
Category: PCM coder
Original: original
Clock: 1000 ppm

- Data:audio:
if set to non-audio if after a very silent part of a song, a song change
or you've a very low volume in xmms (using the software volume option)
there is no more sound, set it with 'iecset audio on'
- Rate: 44100:
mp3s have 44100Hz, dvds have 48000Hz. If you set it wrong you've a
crappy sound. I set it to 44100 an told xine and mplayer to resample to
44100.

>PS: It would be nice to output, by default, to analog and digital
>simultaneously. How can it be done?
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that's the standard...(if you set it in the alsamixer)

Ciao
Maggo