Tanu, Your reply is appreciated, please find information below. $ pactl list cards Card #0 Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1 Driver: module-alsa-card.c Owner Module: 6 Properties: alsa.card = "2" alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xfb080000 irq 28" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:01:00.1" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card2" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "10de" device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation" device.product.id = "0e0b" device.product.name = "GK106 HDMI Audio Controller" device.string = "2" device.description = "GK106 HDMI Audio Controller" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" Profiles: output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5400, available: yes) output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 300, available: yes) output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5200, available: yes) output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 100, available: yes) output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5200, available: yes) output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 100, available: yes) off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes) Active Profile: output:hdmi-stereo-extra1 Ports: hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority: 5900, latency offset: 0 usec, not available) Properties: device.icon_name = "video-display" Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo, output:hdmi- surround hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority: 5800, latency offset: 0 usec, available) Properties: device.icon_name = "video-display" device.product.name = "ST2770W-HDMI" Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1 hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority: 5700, latency offset: 0 usec, not available) Properties: device.icon_name = "video-display" Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2 Card #1 Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0 Driver: module-alsa-card.c Owner Module: 7 Properties: alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xfbb00000 irq 92" 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.id = "1d20" device.product.name = "C600/X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller" device.form_factor = "internal" device.string = "0" device.description = "Built-in Audio" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" Profiles: input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 60, available: yes) input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 55, available: yes) output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 6000, available: yes) output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6060, available: yes) output:analog-stereo+input:iec958-stereo: Analog Stereo Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6055, available: yes) output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5500, available: yes) output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5560, available: yes) output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo Duplex (IEC958) (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5555, available: yes) off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes) Active Profile: output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo Ports: analog-input-mic: Microphone (priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 usec, not available) Properties: device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone" Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog- stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo analog-input-linein: Line In (priority: 8100, latency offset: 0 usec, available) Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog- stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo iec958-stereo-input: Digital Input (S/PDIF) (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec) Part of profile(s): input:iec958-stereo, output:analog- stereo+input:iec958-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958-stereo analog-output: Analog Output (priority: 9900, latency offset: 0 usec) Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:iec958- stereo analog-output-lineout: Line Out (priority: 9900, latency offset: 0 usec, available) Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:iec958- stereo analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority: 9000, latency offset: 0 usec, available) Properties: device.icon_name = "audio-headphones" Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:iec958- stereo iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec) Part of profile(s): output:iec958-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958- stereo Card #2 Name: alsa_card.usb-Samson_Technologies_Samson_C01U-00-C01U Driver: module-alsa-card.c Owner Module: 8 Properties: alsa.card = "1" alsa.card_name = "Samson C01U" alsa.long_card_name = "Samson Technologies Samson C01U at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.3, full speed" alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1d.0-usb-0:1.3:1.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.3/2-1.3:1.0/sound/card1" udev.id = "usb-Samson_Technologies_Samson_C01U-00-C01U" device.bus = "usb" device.vendor.id = "17a0" device.vendor.name = "Samson Technologies Corp." device.product.id = "0001" device.product.name = "C01U condenser microphone" device.serial = "Samson_Technologies_Samson_C01U" device.form_factor = "microphone" device.string = "1" device.description = "C01U condenser microphone" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone-usb" Profiles: input:analog-mono: Analog Mono Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes) input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 60, available: yes) input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 55, available: yes) off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes) Active Profile: input:analog-stereo Ports: analog-input-mic: Microphone (priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 usec) Properties: device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone" Part of profile(s): input:analog-mono, input:analog- stereo iec958-stereo-input: Digital Input (S/PDIF) (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec) Part of profile(s): input:iec958-stereo On Sunday, February 23, 2014 07:53:53 PM you wrote: > On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 20:09 -0600, Sean McCully wrote: > > I am trying to figure out if possible to configure pulse audio so that I > > can output 5.1 sound through 3 audio jacks. > > I have an ASRock Game Blaster that came with my Mobo, > > > > http://www.asrock.com/microsite/intelx79/GameBlaster.html > > > > The sink that Pulseaudio creates at boot looks like this <see below>, is > > there a way to configure 5.1 Surround Sound that would use 3 Analog audio > > jacks? With this sound card? With Pulse Audio? > > Can you show the output of "pactl list cards"? -- -- Sean McCully -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20140223/62f82d2a/attachment.pgp>