Dear all, I would like to be able to send the sound of a specific application to a specific output, IE a video from youtube to the headphone and a skype conversation to the speakers. I installed pavucontrol and paprefs but it seems pulseaudio doesn't recognise the different output, after searching the wiki a bit I suppose I need to follow the setup for the surround sound found there => https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Examples#Surround_sound_systems But as I am far from being sure I am coming to ask for advice. I have copied and past the output of "pacmd list-sinks" to give all the necessary details (I hope) Should you require any further details please let me know, Many thanks for your assistance, Regards, [sweetth at myhost ~]$ pacmd list-sinks Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information. >>> 3 sink(s) available. * index: 1 name: <combined> driver: <module-combine-sink.c> flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME state: RUNNING suspend cause: priority: 1000 volume: 0: 85% 1: 85% 0: -4.38 dB 1: -4.38 dB balance 0.00 base volume: 100% 0.00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 13.56 ms max request: 3 KiB max rewind: 0 KiB monitor source: 3 sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 1 linked by: 3 fixed latency: 20.00 ms module: 13 properties: device.class = "filter" device.description = "Simultaneous output to Internal Audio Analog Stereo" device.icon_name = "audio-card" index: 2 name: <rtp> driver: <module-null-sink.c> flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: IDLE suspend cause: priority: 1000 volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% 0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB balance 0.00 base volume: 100% 0.00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 5.23 ms max request: 1 KiB max rewind: 1 KiB monitor source: 4 sample spec: s16be 2ch 44100Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 2 configured latency: 7.26 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms module: 29 properties: device.description = "RTP Multicast" device.class = "abstract" device.bus = "network" device.icon_name = "network-server" index: 4 name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo> driver: <module-alsa-card.c> flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: RUNNING suspend cause: priority: 9959 volume: 0: 70% 1: 70% 0: -9.29 dB 1: -9.29 dB balance 0.00 base volume: 63% -12.00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 19.90 ms max request: 3 KiB max rewind: 344 KiB monitor source: 7 sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 1 linked by: 3 configured latency: 20.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms card: 1 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0> module: 5 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "VT1708S Analog" alsa.id = "VT1708S Analog" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "0" alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel at 0xf9ff8000 irq 45" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.name = "82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller" device.form_factor = "internal" device.string = "front:0" device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800" device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "analog-stereo" device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo" device.description = "Internal Audio Analog Stereo" alsa.mixer_name = "VIA VT1708S" alsa.components = "HDA:11060397,104383ae,00100000" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"