At Tue, 11 Sep 2001 15:36:27 +0100,
James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
>
> The reason I ask for this is as follows: -
> On my SB Live, using "default" outputs sound on all outputs. (Front and
> rear).
> I have an application (DVD player) which I want to output only on the front
> speakers of every sound card, if the user only wants stereo.
> I do not want output on front and rear if the user only wants stereo.
> If they want 4 speaker output, they have to select surround40 mode.
> For sound cards which have only one output jack, would it be easy to make
> "default" do the same as "front" on those cards?
"default" and "rear" are different on the following points:
- "defalut" can be used for more than two channels but
"front" cannot. It's a big difference.
- "default" uses plugin so that it accepts all formats/rates, while
"front" cannot.
But I agree that playing on both channels as default is annoying too.
Maybe we can redefine "defalut" on cards with 4.0/5.1 support to use
only front speakers.
Takashi
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