[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #624: need proper support for Terratec EWS88-MT (ice1712)

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#624: need proper support for Terratec EWS88-MT (ice1712)
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  Reporter:  aelschuring  |       Owner:  lennart      
      Type:  defect       |      Status:  new          
 Milestone:               |   Component:  module-alsa-*
Resolution:               |    Keywords:               
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Comment(by aelschuring):

 Replying to [comment:2 lennart]:
 > Also, please don't use the bare hw:xxx devices. Access the card via the
 high-level "front:xxx", "spdif:xxxx", "surround71:xxx" device strings
 instead.
 I would, but there is no surround71 device for this card and not a single
 device that maps to hw:0,2. What would be the difference between front0
 and accessing hw:0 with 2 channels?

 > Could you please retry with 0.9.16-test4? Some drivers seem to have
 issues with the order in which buffer/frag size is configured. This is
 turned around in test4.
 Yep, seems fixed: it also adds more profiles (digital surround IEC), but
 still only spdif profiles. module-alsa-sink also appears to work, but it
 configures 10/12 out/in channels even though the load-module line says
 channels=8. Using device front:0 (without a channel map) gives me the same
 10/12 channel options.

 > Finally, for cards that have multiple independant outputs or multiple
 independant inputs 0.9.16 now introduces the ability to define the set of
 exposed profiles via config files. Please read up on this here:
 >
 > https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-
 discuss/2009-June/004229.html
 >
 > I'd be happy to add a profile set specifically for your card to the set
 we already ship like those for the Audio4DJ cards:
 >
 > http://git.0pointer.de/?p=pulseaudio.git;a=tree;f=src/modules/alsa/mixer
 /profile-sets
 Quite some text. I'll see what I can find and let you know. One question
 immediately comes up: where should I put this configuration? In a new file
 in /etc/pulse, in ~/.pulse? Do I need to load-module it manually, or will
 it be auto-detected based on extension or filename?

 > Hmm, you said "and PA crashes at startup". I see now crash in those
 logs. Only clean handling
 > of errors? Where's there a crash?
 You're right, technically it's not a crash. But PA failing to initialize
 the sink and exiting cleanly still has about the same result...

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