On Monday, October 24, 2011 8:08:58 AM Andrew Eikum wrote:
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 05:57:04PM -0700, Chris Robinson wrote:
A configuration option (inwinecfg/control panel) would be needed to set it into a different mode. Windows has something similar to this for its own audio device configuration in the control panel.
My reaction to this is "urrrrrrrghhhhhhh". I'd much rather tuck it away in a registry entry than put it in winecfg for everyone to mess with. I was surprised to see that option on my Win 7 VM, although the control is actually inactive.
Personally, I don't think users should be asked to manually edit the registry to enable 4-channel or 5.1 surround sound, to select 48khz playback, or to enable 24- or 32-bit output. They're not uncommon settings, so many people may want to use it, but not common enough to make them default. A control panel applet would also provide a nice place to test the separate channels to make sure they're mapping correctly.