Re: [gentoo-user] Should I install pulseaudio to solve my phonon audio problems?

[Michael Trausch]

Yes.

I have to change it to 4.1 and then back to 5.1 after every song finishes
playing.

It has been that way ever since the first time I encountered it in Ubuntu
years back.
On Aug 20, 2012 12:43 AM, "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@×××××.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Michael Trausch <mike@×××××××.us> wrote:
> > PA works well with stereo-only outputs. That's most users.
> >
> > People such as myself, however, with 5.1 out, are perpetually
> disappointed
> > and/or frustrated by the lack of the systems ability to work reliably. I
> > constantly have problems playing music, because it reverts to stereo
> output
> > every time it is opened. It happens in all distributions that have PA,
> so it
> > isn't a bug in packaging or configuration, unless all distress and
> upstream
> > itself get it all wrong.
>
> Mmmh. Have you tried "pactl list" and checking the "Active Profile:"
> in the card you are using? Then you can change it with (in my case):
>
> pactl set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_04_00.0
> output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo
>
> Of course, if you are using GNOME, you can set it in System Settings
> (see screenshot
>
> https://plus.google.com/photos/115256116066287398549/albums/5778609034682831121
> ).
> Yes, I have two sound cards, and I still prefer my old SB Live!
> exactly because it has 5.1 output. It have never "reverted" to stereo
> for me. I got a 5.1 Logitech speakers, with one subwoofer and 5
> satellites.
>
> Regards.
> --
> Canek Peláez Valdés
> Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
> Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
>
>