card 1: U7 [Xonar U7], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: U7 [Xonar U7], device 1: USB Audio [USB Audio #1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: U7 [Xonar U7], device 2: USB Audio [USB Audio #2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Why are three playback devices? ARECORD **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CX20561 Analog [CX20561 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: U7 [Xonar U7], device 1: USB Audio [USB Audio #1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 You have to ask in pulseaudio discuss mailing list, it is not clear analog or digital port have priority Active Profile: output:analog-stereo+input:iec958-stereo Profiles: input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority. 55) output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 6000) output:analog- stereo+input:iec958-stereo: Analog Stereo Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 6055) output:analog- surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 700) output:analog-surround-40+input:iec958-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 755) output:analog-surround-41: Analog Surround 4.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 800) output:analog- surround-41+input:iec958-stereo: Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 855) output :analog-surround-50: Analog Surround 5.0 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 700) output:analog-surround-50+input:iec958-stereo: Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 755) output:analog-surround-51: Analog Surround 5.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 800) output:analog- surround-51+input:iec958-stereo: Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 855) output :analog-surround-71: Analog Surround 7.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 700) output:analog-surround-71+input:iec958-stereo: Analog Surround 7.1 Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 755) output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 5500) output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo Duplex (IEC958) (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 5555) off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority. 0) Active Profile: output:analog-stereo+input:iec958-stereo Ports: iec958-stereo-input: Digital Input (S/PDIF) (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec) Part of profile(s): input:iec958-stereo, output:analog- stereo+input:iec958-stereo, output:analog- surround-40+input:iec958-stereo, output:analog- surround-41+input:iec958-stereo, output:analog- surround-50+input:iec958-stereo, output:analog- surround-51+input:iec958-stereo, output:analog- surround-71+input:iec958-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958-stereo iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec) Part of profile(s): output:iec958-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958-stereo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498129 Title: Asus Xonar U7 S/PDIF output not recognized by pulseaudio Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The external USB audio card Asus Xonar U7 is capable of both analog and digital output. ALSA name for the digital (S/PDIF) output is hw:1,1, and it is listed in aplay -l output, and aplay can output to it: aplay -D plughw:1,1 sample.wav. So, direct alsa sound works fine. However, pulseadio does not recognize the digital output of Xonar U7, it offers only analog output. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu11.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-63.103-lowlatency 3.13.11-ckt25 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-63-lowlatency i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: aoand 3756 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: aoand 3756 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Sep 21 21:29:54 2015 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-02-20 (1674 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007.1) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-19 (490 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 11/29/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7WET71WW (3.21 ) dmi.board.name: 7448CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7WET71WW(3.21):bd11/29/2012:svnLENOVO:pn7448CTO:pvrThinkPadX200Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn7448CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 7448CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X200 Tablet dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1498129/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp