Yes. I have to change it to 4.1 and then back to 5.1 after every song finishes playing.
It has been that way ever since the first time I encountered it in Ubuntu years back. On Aug 20, 2012 12:43 AM, "Canek Peláez Valdés" <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Michael Trausch <m...@trausch.us> wrote: > > PA works well with stereo-only outputs. That's most users. > > > > People such as myself, however, with 5.1 out, are perpetually > disappointed > > and/or frustrated by the lack of the systems ability to work reliably. I > > constantly have problems playing music, because it reverts to stereo > output > > every time it is opened. It happens in all distributions that have PA, > so it > > isn't a bug in packaging or configuration, unless all distress and > upstream > > itself get it all wrong. > > Mmmh. Have you tried "pactl list" and checking the "Active Profile:" > in the card you are using? Then you can change it with (in my case): > > pactl set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_04_00.0 > output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo > > Of course, if you are using GNOME, you can set it in System Settings > (see screenshot > > https://plus.google.com/photos/115256116066287398549/albums/5778609034682831121 > ). > Yes, I have two sound cards, and I still prefer my old SB Live! > exactly because it has 5.1 output. It have never "reverted" to stereo > for me. I got a 5.1 Logitech speakers, with one subwoofer and 5 > satellites. > > Regards. > -- > Canek Peláez Valdés > Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación > Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México > >
