[akmofo]

That sounds about the complete opposite of my behavior. If I set it to Analog it work, digital hangs after about 5 seconds.

[travisbell]

Right, same as me.

"Switching back to digital still causes XBMC to hang for me"

[The-Boxhead]

You guys should post a Debug Log of your problem on pastebin.
Maybe then someone can look at whats happening when hanging with digital/analog audio output.