Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] select custom alsa pcm device?

[Panayiotis <panayk gmail com>]

Alex Jones wrote:
> Rhythmbox uses gconfaudiosink with the "music and movies" profile, which
> is defined in GConf under /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/musicaudiosink
>
> You can choose a device for this via gnome-sound-properties, or you can
> add your own custom pipeline instead by editing that key manually.
>
> Set it to "alsasink device=virtualsurround51" if you want, but Totem
> (and any other app using the "music and movies" profile) will use this
> profile, too.
>
> If you absolutely need a custom pipeline setting for Rhythmbox
> specifically, we don't have that currently, but it can be considered.
>   

Thanks for your reply.
I asked the same question in alsa-user lists sourceforge net and 
apparently an application is supposed to auto-select the appropriate 
surround device when playing multi-channel streams. It seem likes Totem 
does that already, so now I'm free to make my custom device the default.