I've changed most settings since I got the USB speakers so I can't be sure what they were set too originally. If I recall correctly, originally only movie player and rythmbox would work while VLC, amarok and flash video through firefox wouldn't.
I solved the problem by following the guide I posted above from the ubuntu forum. This involves setting all devices in system > preferences > sound to "PulseAudio Sound Server" except for default mixer track which is set to the usb speaker. Now whenever an application doesn't output to the speakers I can use "PulseAudio Device Chooser" (volume control > playback) to switch the output device from the internal sound card to the usb speakers (which has a build in sound card). So basically it's not impossible to fix. But given that these applications are not installed by default and most people cannot be expected to even know they exist, most people probably won't solve the problem on their own. I got lucky by finding the right post. Cheers! -- Ubuntu outputs sound to wrong device when using USB speakers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/327670 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
