[Openal] problems with surround under Linux

[Sven Panne]

Am Freitag, 10. November 2006 16:38 schrieb Prakash Punnoor:
> I don't think so. Have you taken a look into alc_speaker.*? You will notice
> only 2ch and 4ch are properly positioned. I know this, as i once hacked it
> to get more. I would really like to have more flexible channel output from
> the SI, but I think we need something more configureable than current
> static speaker positions. Furthermore I'd like to distinguish between
> channels OpenAL renders and Channels, which are given out - in case of
> up/downmix.

Hmmm, on a second look it seems like we both are right: _ALC_MAX_CHANNELS is 
6, but alc_speaker.c positions only 2 or 4 speakers (in a fixed manner). 
Apart from being inflexible, this looks a bit strange.

I agree that the SI should be a bit more flexible in this regard, probably 
somehow through .openalrc, but I don't fully understand your last sentence. 
Could you elaborate this a bit?

Cheers,
   S.