[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] 8 channel support

[Clemens Ladisch]

Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > +	case 8:
> > +	  if (alsa_format == SND_PCM_FORMAT_FLOAT_LE)
> > +	    device.str = "plug:surround71";
> > +	  else
> > +	    device.str = "surround71";
> 
> Hm, is that plug: thing still necessary with current ALSA?

Yes (if the intention is to have ALSA instead of mplayer to do the
float->int conversions for devices that don't support float samples).

The log of r12571 doesn't say why this was introduced in the first
place; was there no float->int converter then?


Regards,
Clemens