SVN commit 799841 by mkretz:

try all possible devices to determine whether a sink is useful

 M  +9 -3      devicemanager.cpp  


--- trunk/kdereview/phonon/gstreamer/devicemanager.cpp #799840:799841
@@ -127,9 +127,15 @@
     if (gst_element_set_state(element, GST_STATE_READY) == GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS)
         return true;
 
-    // FIXME: if the above failed that might only mean that some property first has to be
-    // set/changed before it will go the READY. E.g. the alsasink only probes the "default" device.
-    // If that fails for some reason it doesn't indicate a fatal error
+    const QList<QByteArray> &list = GstHelper::extractProperties(element, "device");
+    foreach (const QByteArray &gstId, list) {
+        GstHelper::setProperty(element, "device", gstId);
+        if (gst_element_set_state(element, GST_STATE_READY) == GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    // FIXME: the above can still fail for a valid alsasink because list only contains entries of
+    // the form "hw:X,Y". Would be better to use "default:X" or "dmix:X,Y"
 
     gst_element_set_state(element, GST_STATE_NULL);
     return false;