other devices, so it should be easy to override. Cheers, chr On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Micha=C5=82 Sawicz <michal at sawicz.net> wro= te: > Dnia 2012-03-16, pi=C4=85 o godzinie 09:51 +0100, Tom Gundersen pisze: > > I guess a common case is to connect to a TV over HDMI, and that most > > TV's correctly report audio capabilities (as they have at least an > > inbuilt 10W speaker). However, unless the TV is connected to proper > > external speakers (which I guess we cannot tell?), I assume the HDMI > > audio should be the last preference and not be switched to > > automatically? > > What's more, the TVs usually won't relay (at least pass-through) sound > that's coming to it over HDMI to external amplifiers. But if you have an > external amplifier, you will most likely connect through it anyway. > > I'm thinking the only use-case when switching to HDMI audio would not be > desirable would be when you use a different connection (say, SPDIF) to > an amplifier. > > BTW, do optical connectors support sensing at all? > -- > Micha=C5=82 Sawicz <michal at sawicz.net> > --047d7b339b8df8ceb304bb58f825 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone, from the user perspective I guess that the most common use cas= e is connecting a laptop to a TV. In this case the automatic switching of t= he audio would be sensible. If someone has a sound system chances are has a= lready better ways to play media (consoles, media centers, etc) and If Ubun= tu is used in a box as media center, asking to the user to change the confi= guration only once when set it up is not much to ask.<div> <br></div><div>From what is worth, I also agree that this behavior might be= different on other devices, so it should be easy to override.</div><div><b= r></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, chr</div><div><br></div><div><br><div c= lass=3D"gmail_quote"> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Micha=C5=82 Sawicz <span dir=3D"ltr"><<= a href=3D"mailto:michal at sawicz.net">michal at sawicz.net</a>></span> wrote:= <br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-lef= t:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Dnia 2012-03-16, pi=C4=85 o godzinie 09:51 +0100, Tom Gundersen pisze:<br> <div class=3D"im">> I guess a common case is to connect to a TV over HDM= I, and that most<br> > TV's correctly report audio capabilities (as they have at least an= <br> > inbuilt 10W speaker). However, unless the TV is connected to proper<br= > > external speakers (which I guess we cannot tell?), I assume the HDMI<b= r> > audio should be the last preference and not be switched to<br> > automatically?<br> <br> </div>What's more, the TVs usually won't relay (at least pass-throu= gh) sound<br> that's coming to it over HDMI to external amplifiers. But if you have a= n<br> external amplifier, you will most likely connect through it anyway.<br> <br> I'm thinking the only use-case when switching to HDMI audio would not b= e<br> desirable would be when you use a different connection (say, SPDIF) to<br> an amplifier.<br> <br> BTW, do optical connectors support sensing at all?<br> <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">--<br> Micha=C5=82 Sawicz <<a href=3D"mailto:michal at sawicz.net">michal at sawicz.n= et</a>><br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div> --047d7b339b8df8ceb304bb58f825--
