Raymond - thanks - not sure how to define a pulseaudio.conf file, how to name it, where it is referenced. Will have to go do some research.
Do you have any idea why the fix to USB-Audio.conf is not working? The card name from aplay-l is definitely "Xonar U7 Echelon Ed." yet simply adding "Xonar U7 Echelon Ed." 1 to the USB-Audio.pcm.iec958_device section of USB-Audio.conf does not work. Is there a problem because the card name ends in a '.'? As you say the problem is now very well defined - I just need alsa to translate iec958:x to hw:x,1 but I CANNOT make alsa do this. I will go and investigate pulseaudio but it would be good to work out an alsa fix. Thanks for your help Brian On 25 February 2016 at 14:36, Raymond <1498...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > +[Mapping iec958-stereo] > +device-strings = hw:%f,1 > +channel-map = left,right > +paths-output = iec958-stereo-output > +priority = 5 > +direction = output > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > 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 > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498129 Title: Asus Xonar U7 S/PDIF output not recognized by pulseaudio To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1498129/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs