Fons Adriaensen [2012.01.29 1442 +0000]:
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 02:46:37PM +0100, Heiko Baums wrote:
This has already been tried at least with pulseaudio. Their reactions are known. Blame ALSA for PA's faults while ALSA supports those card perfectly since years, and crippling those audio cards down to stereo with some very strange ALSA configs, because PA's upstream just doesn't have the knowledge about those cards and about pro-audio.
They *DO* know and understand the difference between consumer and 'pro' audio. PA just isn't meant for the latter.
I wonder what your problem is. There is no audio production software I know of that uses or depends on PA. It's going to stay that way. So _it doesn't matter_ if PA doesn't support your soundcard. I'd even say it's a good thing that PA stays away from anything 'pro'.
I just posted a comment in this thread, observing that the problem is not pro-audio vs non-pro-audio hardware. The difference is between hardware that works and hardware that doesn't work, and the latter most certainly includes distinctly non-pro hardware that works great with ALSA but not with PA. Cheers, Norbert