Re: pulseaudio only finds one sink but alsa shows all
On 12/29/21 15:36, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'm on Debian 11.2, pretty much up to date. I have a mystery with sound
> that I cannot resolve. I have according to lspci the following audio
> devices:
>
> 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1d20] (rev 06)
> 02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 HDMI Audio Controller [10de:0e1b] (rev a1)
>
> Pulseaudio only finds the second of these (speakers in an attached HDMI
> monitor) which is fine for much of my use. However, it means that I
> cannot use headphones plugged in to the box. Alsa lists all the
> devices:
When PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) is started can you see
audio devices on "Configuration" tab?
> $ aplay -l
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC3220 Analog [ALC3220 Analog]
> card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
> card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
> card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
>
> but pulseaudio only shows the HDMI interface.
>
> Any hints on getting pulseaudio to find the Intel device would be
> welcome.
In PulseAudio Volume Control application (Playback tab) you can see all
audio streams and applications being played and in case of multiple
sound devices you can set each sound stream to which sound device to be
played.
Kind regards
Georgi
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