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[Rizlaw]

With regard to the attached jpg image, what is the difference between the two ALSA digital output choices below:

Line 1: Direct hardware device without any conversions

Line 4: Digital Audio Output

[Awesome Donkey]

Direct hardware device without any conversions means it's output bit-perfect without any conversions using ALSA. If you have these hw: outputs available, I HIGHLY recommend using them for your DAC/sound card.

Digital Audio Output means optical/spdif/toslink digital outputs.

[Rizlaw]

Thanks Awesome Donkey for the explanation. I always use hw:   

[Awesome Donkey]

Thanks Awesome Donkey for the explanation. I always use hw:   

Same here, except on Arch Linux where they're not available (and I never got around to fixing it yet).