I was mistaken. I confused sinks and profiles. With $CARD, withe A52 profile does appear in the Hardware tab in the Sound preferences, so a suitable .asoundrc is:
pcm.a52 { @args [CARD] @args.CARD { type string } type rate slave { pcm { type a52 bitrate 448 channels 6 card $CARD } rate 48000 #required somehow, otherwise nothing happens in PulseAudio } } -- Pulseaudio fails with Alsa a52 (ac3) plugin (Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/348353 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs