[pulseaudio-discuss] Configuring alsa mixers in the "off" profile.

[Mark Brown]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 02:30:17PM +0300, Tanu Kaskinen wrote:

> I'm not sure that would work in this case. The mixer element is an
> enumeration with states "Off", "Rx" and "Tx". I've been told that it
> controls whether the FM radio is powered on (and whether it's in the
> reception or transmission mode). Of course, the logic could also include
> a rule that if one of the options for an enumeration is "Off", that will
> be used unless something else is specified.

It should only be powered if someone routes audio to it.  Is that the
case?