[LAU] perhaps why some of us have more trouble w/ pulseaudio than others (ICE1712/M-audio delta problem w/ pulseaudio)

[ailo]

On 05/12/2010 12:47 AM, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:08:20AM -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
>
>    
>> On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 17:27 +0200, ailo wrote:
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>>> On 05/11/2010 03:58 PM, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, 11 May 2010, ailo wrote:
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>>>>> How do other multi-channel pro audio cards work with pulseaudio?
>>>>> Is only ice1712 affected?
>>>>>
>>>>> I only have experience with m-audio delta cards.
>>>>>            
>>>> m-audio delta cards are ice1712 cards.
>>>> http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/ice1712
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> To clarify, I meant to ask if chips, other than ice1712 are affected.
>>>        
>> Big multichannel rme cards are also affected (obviously). In those cases
>> the workaround I have to deltas did not work (too many channels?)
>>
>> On the other hand, I _think_ (but I'm not positive now that I think
>> about it) that the 8 channel gina/layla3g worked fine, I would have to
>> test again.
>>      
> Given that PA aims to be a desktop audio server catering for
> the 'standard' formats such as stereo and 5.1, it really can't
> be blamed for not knowing what to do with a card that presents
> N (N>= 8) identical channels. And I'm somehow surprised if
> users of such cards (who probably use Jack anyway) expect PA
> to handle this OOTB. The obvious solution for them is to use
> the PA<->Jack bridge which is reported to work well.
>
> Ciao,
>
>    


So, Pro Cards were not intended for desktop audio.
In the end they are just computer devices that output sound, which we 
all expect them to do.