As fahr as I understand your output above alsa has no Profile to assign the channels of the cam, so it tests diferent Profiles but fails.
I tryed following: # cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia HDA NVidia at 0xfae78000 irq 22 1 [CameraB409241 ]: USB-Audio - USB Camera-B4.09.24.1 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. USB Camera-B4.09.24.1 at usb # alsactl init Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Nvidia MCP79/7A HDMI" "HDA:11060441,18492520,00100100 HDA:10de0007,10de0101,00100100" "0x1849" "0x2520" # alsactl init 1 Found hardware: "USB-Audio" "USB Mixer" "USB1415:2000" "" "" Hardware is initialized using a generic method I think the last sentence proves my idea about the missing Profile. Maybe the assignmend of the Channels could be fixed with the .asoundrc file? http://alsa.opensrc.org/.asoundrc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886449 Title: [USB-Audio - USB Camera-B4.04.27.1, recording] Pulseaudio fails to detect card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/886449/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs