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> > I have tried loading the LADSPA-module using the module-ladspa-sink in<br>> > PulseAudio but I am not sure this is the best solution.<br>> <br>> It is the recommended solution if you are using PA for your sound server.<br><br>Why is it better than loading it using the ALSA LADSPA plugin loader module? <br>To me it seems better to load it into ALSA because it does not depend on whether PulseAudio is used or not.<br>If it should be used in different Linux based operating systems I can not always rely on PulseAudio being present.<br><br>> > 2) Must be able to process stereo and multichannel (5.1/7.1) formats. I<br>> > need the multichannel formats to perform binaural downmixing to<br>> > stereo.<br>> <br>> I'm not sure how the dolby multichannel support is in ALSA. It may depend<br>> on the internal capabilities of the device.<br>> <br>> > So it is important that I can receive multichannel audio and mix it down<br>> > to stereo and output it to a stereo soundcard.<br>> ><br>> <br>> This may better handled in app.<br><br>The idea is that I perform the same processing no matter what user application is used to playback the audio/video. <br>The plugin must receive the raw six (or eight) channel audio PCM stream. <br>So I do not want to make the DSP processing specific to some special application only.<br><br>/Kim<br><br> </body>
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