static const struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_bcm2835_playback_hw = {
        .info = (SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BLOCK_TRANSFER |
                 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID |
-                SNDRV_PCM_INFO_DRAIN_TRIGGER),
+                SNDRV_PCM_INFO_DRAIN_TRIGGER | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_SYNC_APPLPTR),
        .formats = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U8 | SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE,
        .rates = SNDRV_PCM_RATE_CONTINUOUS | SNDRV_PCM_RATE_8000_48000,
        .rate_min = 8000,
 static const struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_bcm2835_playback_spdif_hw = {
        .info = (SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BLOCK_TRANSFER |
                 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID |
-                SNDRV_PCM_INFO_DRAIN_TRIGGER),
+                SNDRV_PCM_INFO_DRAIN_TRIGGER | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_SYNC_APPLPTR),
        .formats = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE,
        .rates = SNDRV_PCM_RATE_CONTINUOUS | SNDRV_PCM_RATE_44100 |
        SNDRV_PCM_RATE_48000,