Hello Tanu, schouldn't we post to the list instead of private? On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 13:44:10 +0200 Tanu Kaskinen <tanuk at iki.fi> wrote: > Where is this "front-left,front-left-of-center,front-center,front- > right,front-right-of-center,rear-center" coming from? PulseAudio > doesn't use such map by default, and if I understood correctly, you > are not trying to use such map either. Where do you see this map > occurring? Does "pactl list sinks" show that, or is that visible > somewhere else? "pactl stat" shows this. And this is also what I hear. The first email has the files attached. "pactl list sinks" shows correct mapping. I appended the file. > > I did put this line in default.pa, which worked but without effect: > > > > load-module module-alsa-sink > > sink_name=alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-surround-51 > > device_id=1 channels=6 > > channel_map=front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe > > I don't know what "device_id=1" is supposed to do when given to > module- alsa-sink. I tried to look it up in the code, but I gave up, > because the code in question was too complicated. Usually when you > load module- alsa-sink, you would use "device=surround51:1", if > you're trying to use 5.1 on card 1. > > In any case, this is likely to conflict with the sinks that get > automatically loaded, unless you have removed module-udev-detect from > the configuration. The desktop stalls. Static module-loading also stalls the desktop. Tbh, PulseAudio is far too complicated to be mastered without knowing the code in detail. This is a very bad situation... > --Â > Tanu -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Heuer einz at verschwendbare-verweise.seinswende.de -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: pactl.sinks Type: application/octet-stream Size: 3922 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20160326/b1ebf745/attachment.obj>
