Bug#534393: phonon-backend-xine: Doesn't offer Alsa's "default" device

[Domenico Andreoli]

hi,

  after too many hours in trying to manage alsa, amarok, skype and
phonon, googling as a mad, i finally found the last piece of the puzzle
on the phonon web site: http://phonon.kde.org/cms/1032

the trick is that "hint { show on }" to let phonon see your alsa
hacks. beware that skype, i case you use it, does not like it, so you
have to play in your .asoundrc to make it see a version without the
"hint" entry.

my hacks? make skype use mic and front speakers (which actually
are headphones) and phonon use the rear speakers (which are my desk
speakers). config file attached... ;)

cheers,
Domenico

-----[ Domenico Andreoli, aka cavok
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pcm.dshare {
        type dmix
        ipc_key 2048
        slave {
                pcm "hw:0"
                rate 44100
                period_time 0
                period_size 1024
                buffer_size 8192
                channels 4
        }
        bindings {
                0 0
                1 1
                2 2
                3 3
        }
}

pcm.frontx {
        type plug
        slave {
                pcm "dshare"
                channels 4
        }
        ttable.0.0 1
        ttable.1.1 1
}

pcm.rearx {
        type plug
        slave {
                pcm "dshare"
                channels 4
        }
        ttable.0.2 1
        ttable.1.3 1
}

pcm.headphones {
        type plug
        slave {
                pcm "dshare"
                channels 4
        }
        ttable.0.0 1
        ttable.1.1 1
        hint {
                show on
                description "cavok's headphones"
        }
}

pcm.speakers {
        type plug
        slave {
                pcm "dshare"
                channels 4
        }
        ttable.0.2 1
        ttable.1.3 1
        hint {
                show on
                description "cavok's speakers"
        }
}