Am 2015-08-09 19:28, schrieb Rene Bartsch: > Hi, > > I've problems configuring the following use-case with Pulseaudio: > > - 1x system-message mono sink > - 1x music stereo sink > - 1x video multi-channel (mono - 7.1) sink with up-/down-mix > > - 1x internal stereo sound-card (priority 0) > - 1x stereo USB-speakers (priority 1) > - 1x 5.0 USB audio-interface (priority 2) > > - there should be one master volume-control (sink?) for all three > sinks (system message, music, video) > - sound-card sink specific volume-control should be usable to equal > the absolute volume of the three sound-cards > - external sound-cards should be pluggable/removable without > interruption of audio > - the current playback sound-card should be switched by highest > priority when plugged in/removed > - when the USB audio-interface is plugged in stereo left/right (S/PDIF > input channel 5/6) should be routed to the video sink > - system-message mono should be routed to front-center for the USB > audio-interface and stereo for the stereo sound-cards > - music sink should always be stereo on all devices load-module module-combine-sink sink_name=surround sink_properties="device.description='Surround'" channels=8 channel_map=front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe,side-left,side-right load-module module-remap-sink sink_name=stereo sink_properties="device.description='Stereo'" channels=2 channel_map=front-left,front-right master=surround master_channel_map=front-left,front-right remix=no load-module module-remap-sink sink_name=mono sink_properties="device.description='Mono'" channels=1 channel_map=mono master=surround master_channel_map=front-center remix=no omitting the slave-option with module-combine-sink does mostly what I want but there are still some drawbacks: 1. when pavucontrol is closed audio stops 2. channels mapped 1:1 are at full volume (e.g. front-left, front-right) while remixed channels have very low volume (e.g. side-left/side-right) 3. Mono- and Stereo-sink don't work at the same time Does anyone have an idea? -- Best regards, Renne