On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 09:44 -0600, pl bossart wrote: > > There are a few things missing for me to have xbmc+pulse working well > > with a surround system over HDMI: > > - volume control when in passthrough mode > > - volume control via the amplifier; I see 2 methods here: > > - either via HDMI CEC, but from the latest spec the only > > available commands are volume-up and volume-down, no way > > to directly set a volume, nor to calibrate it properly > > - via a serial cable, it's amp-specific but more capable > > - [off topic] more than 2 PCM channels via HDMI radeon drivers > > Does any of these features work with plain ALSA? I don't think what > you describe is a PulseAudio limitation? No it doesn't, but I think aggregating a volume control channel and a PCM channel would be more of a PA thing that an ALSA thing. Xav
