Fons Adriaensen [2012.01.29 1442 +0000]: > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 02:46:37PM +0100, Heiko Baums wrote: > > > This has already been tried at least with pulseaudio. Their reactions > > are known. Blame ALSA for PA's faults while ALSA supports those card > > perfectly since years, and crippling those audio cards down to stereo > > with some very strange ALSA configs, because PA's upstream just doesn't > > have the knowledge about those cards and about pro-audio. > > They *DO* know and understand the difference between consumer and > 'pro' audio. PA just isn't meant for the latter. > > I wonder what your problem is. There is no audio production software > I know of that uses or depends on PA. It's going to stay that way. > So _it doesn't matter_ if PA doesn't support your soundcard. I'd > even say it's a good thing that PA stays away from anything 'pro'. I just posted a comment in this thread, observing that the problem is not pro-audio vs non-pro-audio hardware. The difference is between hardware that works and hardware that doesn't work, and the latter most certainly includes distinctly non-pro hardware that works great with ALSA but not with PA. Cheers, Norbert
