This may be alsa related: This entry is messed up... iec958:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0 QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output The 16K, 1 channel that pulse is picking up is the mic from my USB camera. The description appears to be wrong but the sound is coming out the S/PDIF correctly. So how do I debug this? jonsmirl at terra:/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0$ aplay -L front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers hdmi:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel HDMI Audio Output null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) front:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0 QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio Front speakers surround40:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0 QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0 QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0 QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0 QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0 QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0 QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output jonsmirl at terra:/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0$ -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl at gmail.com