[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:  ews88 profile-set
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Comment(by aelschuring):

 Replying to [comment:14 ianc]:
 > With M-Audio_2496.conf being per the ews88 one - is it worth making this
 "ICE1712.conf" or similar since it is (or should be) be generic for this
 chipset?

 That depends... How many channels does your primary output device have?
 I'm guessing here, but I suspect that you're using the src_*.conf file
 that I attached a few days ago, and that your profile is called "Stereo
 Output On All Channels"? In that case we can't use the same configuration:
 I had to kill that profile because it wouldn't work on my card.

 If, on the other hand, you're able to choose a profile that says
 "8-Channel Output", and PA gives you a main output device with 10
 channels, then yes, we could probably use the same profile for all
 ICE1712-based cards.

 Problem is, I'm not knowledgeable enough about the ICE chip to really make
 a sensible judgement on what to do: according to the ALSA sources, there
 are cards on the market with all kinds of channel configurations: 8in/8out
 (mine), 2/2 (yours?), 4/4, 0/4, 2/8, 6/6. Some cards support a separate
 S/PDIF device, some don't. If we can support all those with a single
 profile-set because ALSA always exposes a 12in/10out main device
 regardless of how many channels are actually connected, then we could
 suffice with one profile-set (but it would make ALSA horribly broken in my
 eyes). Otherwise it would be better to create a separate configuration
 file for cards that we can actually test, like yours and mine.

 So: how many devices and channels does your card have, and what profiles
 can you choose when you use my conf file?

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