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Jorge, |
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Sorry for top posting. I'm at a site with limited capabilities at the |
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moment. Please forgive. |
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I'm slightly confused by the question but before I get into that please |
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provide the output of |
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cat /proc/asound/cards |
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cat /proc/asound/modules |
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What desktop environment are you using? |
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What kernel are you running? |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 2:57 PM Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> ... desperately needed. |
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> |
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> The setup: |
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> -- a microphone connected to an audio interface, which connects to an |
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> USB port in the computer. The interface works like a USB sound card, |
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> at least regarding sound capture. It works: I can record my voice with |
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> arecord into a wav file, and then play the file with aplay. |
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> -- a (motherboard) sound card with a toslink output connected to an |
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> external DAC/amplifier. It works: playing wav, youtube, etc. |
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> |
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> The problem: |
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> I need to use it for voice chat. I tried slack and discord (the latter |
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> both via browser and app--there's a package in portage--, the former |
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> only via browser). No sound, neither outbound nor inbound. |
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> None of these programs provides a way to tell them which devices to |
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> use, so I assume they just go for some default. |
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> I don't have a .asoundrc file. Contents of /etc/alsa/conf.d/ are not |
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> customized. |
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> Maybe some ALSA wiz that happens to be familiar with discord can |
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> suggest something? |
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> |
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> Thanks |
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> |
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> Jorge Almeida |
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> |
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> $ cat /proc/asound/devices |
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> 1: : sequencer |
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> 2: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback |
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> 3: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture |
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> 4: [ 0- 1]: digital audio playback |
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> 5: [ 0- 2]: digital audio capture |
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> 6: [ 0- 3]: digital audio playback |
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> 7: [ 0] : control |
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> 8: [ 1- 0]: digital audio playback |
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> 9: [ 1- 0]: digital audio capture |
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> 10: [ 1] : control |
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> 33: : timer |
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> |
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> $ arecord -L |
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> null |
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> Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) |
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> sysdefault:CARD=PCH |
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> HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog |
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> Default Audio Device |
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> front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 |
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> HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog |
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> Front speakers |
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> usbstream:CARD=PCH |
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> HDA Intel PCH |
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> USB Stream Output |
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> sysdefault:CARD=CODEC |
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> USB Audio CODEC, USB Audio |
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> Default Audio Device |
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> front:CARD=CODEC,DEV=0 |
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> USB Audio CODEC, USB Audio |
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> Front speakers |
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> surround21:CARD=CODEC,DEV=0 |
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> USB Audio CODEC, USB Audio |
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> 2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers |
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> surround40:CARD=CODEC,DEV=0 |
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> USB Audio CODEC, USB Audio |
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> 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers |
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> surround41:CARD=CODEC,DEV=0 |
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> USB Audio CODEC, USB Audio |
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> 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers |
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> surround50:CARD=CODEC,DEV=0 |
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> USB Audio CODEC, USB Audio |
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> 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers |
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> surround51:CARD=CODEC,DEV=0 |
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> USB Audio CODEC, USB Audio |
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> 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers |
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> surround71:CARD=CODEC,DEV=0 |
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> USB Audio CODEC, USB Audio |
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> 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers |
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> iec958:CARD=CODEC,DEV=0 |
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> USB Audio CODEC, USB Audio |
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> IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output |
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> usbstream:CARD=CODEC |
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> USB Audio CODEC |
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> USB Stream Output |
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> |
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> $ aplay -L |
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> null |
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> Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) |
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> sysdefault:CARD=PCH |
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> HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog |
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> Default Audio Device |
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> front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 |
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> HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog |
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> Front speakers |
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> surround21:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 |
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> HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog |
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> 2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers |
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> surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 |
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> HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog |
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> 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers |
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> surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 |
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> HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog |
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> 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers |
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> surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 |
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> HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog |
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> 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers |
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> surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 |
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> HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog |
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> 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers |
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> surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 |
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> HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog |
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> 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers |
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> iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 |
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> HDA Intel PCH, Generic Digital |
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> IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output |
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> hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 |
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> HDA Intel PCH, Generic Digital |
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> HDMI Audio Output |
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> usbstream:CARD=PCH |
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> HDA Intel PCH |
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> USB Stream Output |
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> sysdefault:CARD=CODEC |
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> USB Audio CODEC, USB Audio |
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> |
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> I know iec958:CARD=CODEC,DEV=0 is the appropriate device for capture |
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> and that iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 is the appropriate device for playback, |
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> because it's what works with -D. |
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