[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #163: Change number of channels at runtime

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#163: Change number of channels at runtime
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 Reporter:  shogun_panda  |       Owner:  lennart
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:         
Component:  daemon        |    Severity:  normal 
 Keywords:                |  
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 Hi!
 I have an Acer laptop which ships an Intel HDA sound card.
 This cards support both 5.1 and 2.0 output (which I can manage with
 channels option), but in former case I have to use all 3 jacks (output,
 line-in and mic-in) to obtain 5.1 output. When I want to plug a mic or any
 other device in mic-in or line-in jacks, I have to switch to 2.0 mode.
 With ALSA, this could be done with a switch in the mixer. Unfortunately,
 PA doesn't seems to support this and I have to restart the server (or
 reload the module) every time to reflect this change.
 Should be channels numbers be modifiable at runtime?

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