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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Subject: Re: wrong channel mappings for HDMI audio
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:58:34 +0100
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Dan Christensen wrote:
> When I try to use 5.1 audio over HDMI, the front left and front right
> channels are correct, but the others are wrong:
> ...
> asound.conf:
> 
> pcm.!default {
> type hw
> card 0
> device 3
> }

With this definition, you are disabling ALSA's channel mapping.

Try this:

  pcm.!default pcm.hdmi

or just tell you applications to use the device "hdmi".


Regards,
Clemens