linux # aplay -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) default:CARD=SB HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog Default Audio Device sysdefault:CARD=SB HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog Front speakers surround21:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog 2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0 HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0 HDMI Audio Output
The sound in the java app was short lived, cut out after a few mins, been silent since. On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Frank Peters <frank.pet...@comcast.net> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:59:54 +1100 > Daiajo Tibdixious <dai...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > alsamixer shows 2 cards, 1 HDMI, so I presume I got the right 1. >> > > > What are your two sound cards? Do you have an NVidia graphics card > on your system? If so, then the HDMI may refer to the on-board NVidia > sound. > > > What is the output of aplay -L? > >