[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #198: Alsa source and Wine

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#198: Alsa source and Wine
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  Reporter:  AdamK               |       Owner:  ossman
      Type:  defect              |      Status:  closed
  Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:        
 Component:  alsa-plugins-pulse  |    Severity:  normal
Resolution:  wontfix             |    Keywords:        
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Comment (by proyvind):

 Isn't the purpose of a compatibility layer to be compatible?

 PCM and Master channels are two different channels, both are present on
 most (every?) systems. IMO It should be perfectly sane to change the
 volume for PCM only and not all output channels (Master), ie. you might
 want to turn the volume of PCM down while wanting the volume for playing
 CD stay the same.

 From my understanding what you're saying it's a bug to control more than
 one channel, which I find it perfectly sane for alsa to do.

 I don't see why it would be more confusing for PA to provide both PCM and
 Master, not providing it seems more confusing while also breaking
 compatibility. If one really doesn't want to provide both, one should at
 least provide compatibility so that PCM == Master..

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