<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);">Hello,</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);"><br></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);">So far, I've been using this setup [1], which worked fine, 5.1 sound being remixed to 2.0 as expected.</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);"><br></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);">However, there are two problems with this:<br>- even though I select the Stereo sink as output in pavucontrol, the sound is also playing via my Surround sink as well <br>- the two sinks have their volumes linked, and decreasing the volume of the Surround sink doesn't affect the Surround sink's front left and front right channels - something I find unexpected</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);"><br></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);">And now, with pulseaudio 7.0, the lfe-remixing cuts out bass for the Stereo sink (even though it's set up as 2.0, not 2.1).</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);"><br></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);">I've disabled lfe-remixing and the bass is back, but what I ideally want to have is basically:<br>- two sinks visible, Stereo and Surround, physical device hidden<br>- for the Stereo sink, I want the LFE to be mixed into the stereo channels when downmixing, but left untouched for stereo content (just like it did with PA6.0). Same for rear and center channels.<br>- for the Surround sink, I want the LFE to use the subwoofer, as standard PA7.0 behavior.<br>- selecting one of the sinks should only play sound on that sink, not both of them</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);"><br></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);">Is it possible to do that?</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);"><br></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);">Regards,</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);">Soukyuu.</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);"><br></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; border: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.006px; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);">[1] <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Examples#Splitting_7.1_into_5.1.2B2.0" target="_blank" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Examples#Splitting_7.1_into_5.1.2B2.0</a></p> </div></body> </html>