######################################################### #This is the standard setting (see: "!default") #This profile, the default loaded, upmixes stereo sound to 5.1. pcm.softvol { type softvol slave.pcm "hw:0" # slave { # pcm "hw:0,1" # } control { name "Software Master" card 0 } } pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "softvol" # slave.pcm "surround51" slave.channels 6 route_policy duplicate } ######################################################## #This is the normal spdif output profile (optical, toslink). pcm.!spdif { type plug slave.pcm "softvol" } ####################################################### #This is what one could call the "factory default setting", in other words, it only plays the actual channels. so if you fx want to watch a 5.1 movie, on the analog output, this is the option you want. pcm.analog { type plug slave analog_slave; } pcm_slave.analog_slave { pcm surround51; format S32_LE; }