On Tue, 12.08.08 16:07, Achim Frase (achim.frase at googlemail.com) wrote: > > > All that said, as it presumably works fine for output, you'd expect that > > > recording from the monitor, you'd get a file that you could then output > > > properly. > > > > Yes, my channel mapping seems to work quite good for playback > > (out-of-the-box). But it is a bit tricky to record 5.1 Sound. > > I was not able to record the sound properly with pacat. I have tried > > some options but without much success. > > Sorry for the noise, I thought I give pacat a second try and now it > works. I needed to set the channel mapping as options for pacat. > > What I don't understand is why the normal playback works without any > extra options. I only set the default-sample-channels = 6 in > the /etc/pulse/daemon.conf If you don't specify a channel map for streams, PA will synthesize one for you. If you don't specifcy a channel map for devices, PA will take a map that matches and is available in ALSA. Both of course, might be incorrect. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4
