Public bug reported:
When connecting my "Soundbox Pro External USB Sound Card, 24 bit 192 KHz
Audio, 7.1 Channels" I'm able to make the analog ports working, but the
SPDIF port aren't. Even if I select "Digital Output (S/PDIF) - USB2.0
High-Speed True HD Audio" as the ouput device in the sound control
panel, there is no sound at all. No lights come out the optical port.
After having a long discussion in alsa irc channel we were able to use the
optical port quite easily with this command:
pasuspender -- speaker-test -c2 -twav -Dhw:Audio,1
we've been able to have pulse audio use the optical port by running these 2
commands:
pactl load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:Audio,1
pactl set-sink-formats 0 "pcm; ac3-iec61937; dts-iec61937; eac3-iec61937"
however this adds the spdif port as a device in itself in pulse audio.
It is working but this prevents me from using the input of another
device (let's say micorphone in game). And some time when running those
commands, my whole compute freezes and I have to reset my computer.
This device should automatically get detected and when selecting
"Digital Output (S/PDIF) - USB2.0 High-Speed True HD Audio" it should
send audio through the spdif port on the card.
I'm including the irc chat log for information purposes.
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 15.04
Release: 15.04
apt-cache policy pulseaudio
pulseaudio:
Installed: 1:6.0-0ubuntu6
Candidate: 1:6.0-0ubuntu6
Version table:
*** 1:6.0-0ubuntu6 0
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Please let me know if you need anything else.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:6.0-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-16.16-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC3: jsfrerot 1739 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: jsfrerot 1739 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC2: jsfrerot 1739 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: jsfrerot 1739 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Wed Aug 5 16:01:13 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-11 (86 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/20/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0806
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: B85M-E
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0806:bd02/20/2014:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnB85M-E:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: All Series
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS
modified.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: 2015-07-15T07:35:30.919920
** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid
** Attachment added: "irc chat log with alsa guys"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1481899/+attachment/4439937/+files/alsa_irc.log
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USB external Sound card Spdif out not working
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