Fix HDMI mono audio on RK3576 NanoPi boards by disabling incorrect capture support#430
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SuperKali merged 2 commits intoarmbian:rk-6.1-rkr5.1from Nov 20, 2025
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Disable spdif_tx3 interface as it's not used on the R76S (no DisplayPort output on this board).
HDMI-TX hardware is output-only but the driver incorrectly advertises capture capability. This causes PulseAudio to attempt opening capture streams, which triggers busy flag conflicts with playback streams, resulting in mono audio output. Solution: Disable capture support by setting channels_min/max to 0 for both I2S and SPDIF DAIs when used with HDMI-TX. Note: Mainline kernel has the same issue. An official fix is planned with the new HDMI Codec Framework being developed by Linaro (2025). Fixes mono audio on: RK3576 NanoPi R76S, NanoPi M5 Tested-on: NanoPi R76S
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Summary
Fixes mono audio output on RK3576 NanoPi R76S and M5 boards when using HDMI output. The issue was caused by the HDMI codec driver incorrectly advertising capture capability on output-only hardware.
Problem
Users experience mono audio (single channel) when connecting HDMI displays, with kernel errors:
hdmi-audio-codec: Only one simultaneous stream supported!
ASoC: error at snd_soc_dai_startup on i2s-hifi: -22
Root Cause Analysis
Through detailed debug logging, we identified that:
hdmi-codecdriver advertises both playback and capture capabilitiesDebug log showing the issue:
[36.916883] startup: stream=0 (PLAYBACK) → SUCCESS
[36.924680] startup: stream=1 (CAPTURE) → FAILS (busy conflict)
Result: Only one stream active = mono audio
Solution
Commit 1: DTS cleanup
spdif_tx3interface on R76S (no DisplayPort)Commit 2: Driver fix
hdmi-codec.cby settingchannels_min/max = 0Testing
Before: Mono audio + kernel errors
After: Stereo audio, no errors