Problems with channel map on pulseaudio with surround 5.1

Hi all,

I have problems with OpenSUSE 13.2 and
am using a pulseaudio (v5.0) configured for surround 5.1
The problems seems to arise as the channel mapping is sick!

I tried to tweak the config files in /etc/pulse/* and ~/.config/pulse/*

Where is the unwanted configuration of the channel map:
front-left,**front-left-of-center,**front-center,front-right,front-right-of-center,rear-center
coming from?

I want to have a mapping like:*** front-left,front-right,front-center,lfe,rear-left,rear-right***

Neither pavucontrol nor paman helped me to fix the channel map.

The assignment of the Surround files is NOT AS EXPECTED!


hafi@alice:/usr/tmp> pactl info
Server String: unix:/run/user/500/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 29
Server Protocol Version: 29
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 68
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: hafi
Host Name: alice
Server Name: pulseaudio
Server Version: 5.0-rebootstrapped
Default Sample Specification: s16le 6ch 44100Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-left-of-center,front-center,front-right,front-right-of-center,rear-center
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-surround-extra1
Default Source: alsa_input.usb-046d_0825_25D3C0F0-02-U0x46d0x825.analog-mono
Cookie: 0b47:047e



My content in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf is configured like this



default-sample-format = s16le
default-sample-rate = 44100
alternate-sample-rate = 48000
default-sample-channels = 6
default-channel-map = front-left,front-right,front-center,lfe,rear-left,rear-right

when I try use paplay…


paplay out5.1-identifyChannels-48k-audacity.wav
Warnung: Bestimmung der Kanalzuordnung aus Datei fehlgeschlagen.

Is there anybody out there, who can help me with this issue ?

Try editing the file /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/profile-sets/default.conf. The only caveat is that updates to pulseaudio might end up overwriting it.