Original commit message from CVS:
2008-02-29  Julien Moutte  <julien@fluendo.com>

* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_open_iec958_pcm),
(gst_alsa_probe_supported_formats): Probe for IEC958 pcm to
detect
if we can do SPDIF output.
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (set_hwparams), (alsasink_parse_spec),
(gst_alsasink_prepare), (gst_alsasink_close),
(gst_alsasink_write):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.h: Initial support for SPDIF.
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstringbuffer.c:
(gst_ring_buffer_parse_caps):
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstringbuffer.h: Add non linear buffer
types
to support AC3, EC3 and IEC958 buffers.