Bug#534393: phonon-backend-xine: Doesn't offer Alsa's default device

[Domenico Andreoli]

hi,

  after too many hours in trying to manage alsa, amarok, skype and
phonon, googling as a mad, i finally found the last piece of the puzzle
on the phonon web site: http://phonon.kde.org/cms/1032

the trick is that hint { show on } to let phonon see your alsa
hacks. beware that skype, i case you use it, does not like it, so you
have to play in your .asoundrc to make it see a version without the
hint entry.

my hacks? make skype use mic and front speakers (which actually
are headphones) and phonon use the rear speakers (which are my desk
speakers). config file attached... ;)

cheers,
Domenico

-[ Domenico Andreoli, aka cavok
 --[ http://www.dandreoli.com/gpgkey.asc
   ---[ 3A0F 2F80 F79C 678A 8936  4FEE 0677 9033 A20E BC50
pcm.dshare {
type dmix
ipc_key 2048
slave {
pcm hw:0
rate 44100
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 8192
channels 4
}
bindings {
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
}
}

pcm.frontx {
type plug
slave {
pcm dshare
channels 4
}
ttable.0.0 1
ttable.1.1 1
}

pcm.rearx {
type plug
slave {
pcm dshare
channels 4
}
ttable.0.2 1
ttable.1.3 1
}

pcm.headphones {
type plug
slave {
pcm dshare
channels 4
}
ttable.0.0 1
ttable.1.1 1
hint {
show on
description cavok's headphones
}
}

pcm.speakers {
type plug
slave {
pcm dshare
channels 4
}
ttable.0.2 1
ttable.1.3 1
hint {
show on
description cavok's speakers
}
}

Bug#534393: phonon-backend-xine: Doesn't offer Alsa's default device

[Christian Ohm]

Package: phonon-backend-xine
Version: 4:4.3.1-1
Severity: important

Hello,

I was trying Amarok 2 from experimental, first with the gstreamer backend which
doesn't work, then with the xine backend. That works, but only offers what
looks like hardware devices for playback, not Alsa's default device. Since my
soundcard doesn't have a hardware mixer, the default device is configured to
use software volume control. When I use another device, I get playback at 100%,
regardless of my mixer settings. This makes the xine backend unusable for me.

Best regards,
Christian Ohm

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (800, 'experimental'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.4 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages phonon-backend-xine depends on:
ii  libc6  2.9-13GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libphonon4 4:4.3.1-1 Phonon multimedia framework for Qt
ii  libqt4-dbus4.5.1-2   Qt 4 D-Bus module
ii  libqtcore4 4.5.1-2   Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4  4.5.1-2   Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libstdc++6 4.4.0-7   The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libxcb11.3-2 X C Binding
ii  libxine1   1.1.16.3-1+b2 the xine video/media player librar

phonon-backend-xine recommends no packages.

phonon-backend-xine suggests no packages.

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