[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #619: Autodetection always shows one device per sound card but sometimes could have more tha one

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#619: Autodetection always shows one device per sound card but sometimes could
have more tha one
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  Reporter:  howl         |       Owner:  lennart          
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened         
 Milestone:               |   Component:  module-hal-detect
Resolution:               |    Keywords:                   
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Comment(by howl):

 Perhaps I have to re-explain it.

 Look this screenshot
 http://pulseaudio.org/attachment/ticket/618/pulseaudio 0.9.15
 recortado.jpg I have only one sound card with 3 outputs, analog (stereo,
 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 7.1...), digital optical (stereo) an digital hdmi (stereo).
 I have tested 0.9.15 and profiles works well, always one device and with
 the profile we select the active output. Is only possible to use one
 profile at time, so if you use analog you don't have sound in hdmi or,
 optical, if you have sound set to hdmi you don't have sound in analog or
 optical. I have tested 0.9.15 using karmic livecd.

 Now take a look to the screenshot attached here
 http://pulseaudio.org/attachment/ticket/619/Pantallazo.jpg is my ubuntu
 jaunty install. with autodetection only one device is shown as 0.9.15 but
 with manual config we can have multiple devices per output type of the
 card, in this case I have configured Analog and HDMI. As you can see you
 ca have simultaneous output in HDMI and Analog, in the screenshot you can
 see Totem putting sound in the HDMI and VLC putting sound in the analogs,
 with profiles you can do it.

 If you think is related then the approach of profiles is bad. The take out
 options like the one I'm showing, VLC through analog jacks and Totem
 through HDMI.

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