On 03.04.2016 14:46, S0lll0s wrote: >>> > Hello everyone, >>> > I am trying to get simultaneous output on the Line Out and >>> Headphones >>> > outputs of my Intel HD Audio (AsRock Z97 motherboard) chipset and >>> PC >>> > case. With the default pulseaudio configuration in pavucontrol I >>> can >>> > choose Analog Stereo Duplex and then select either the "Line Out" >>> or >>> > "Headphones" port under "Output Devices", but I would like to >>> have >>> > simultaneous output on both (by having a seperate sink for each). >>> > >>> > Here is my alsa-info.sh output, please ignore the NVidia output >>> > provided by my GPU as I would like to not use it if possible: >>> > >> >> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=b7e5097f7a899aa5294b147b23cbb877db3b6f3c >>> > And this is what "pacmd list-sinks" says about the Built-In audio >>> sink: >>> > http://hastebin.com/bonadehimu >>> >>> It's not possible to have independent line out and headphone output >>> on >>> your hardware. There is only one analog device on your card. >>> >>> -- >> >> The easy way to output same audio to both output is disable drivers >> auto >> mute mode and change pulseaudio conf files >> >> Simple mixer control 'Auto-Mute Mode',0 >> Capabilities: enum >> Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled' >> Item0: 'Enabled' >> >> >> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/boards-and-kits/desktop-boards/000007156.html >> >> >> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/tree/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt >> >> You have to ask Tiwai to enable independent hp for your realtek >> codec on >> desktop ( e.g. no internal mic and hda controller >> support enough SDO) >> >> You can specify hint indep_hp=1 by early patching, the driver >> automatically disable automute when you switch on independent hp >> switch >> >> >> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/tree/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Controls.txt >> >> Independent HP When this enum control is enabled, the headphone >> output is >> routed from an individual stream (the third PCM such as hw:0,2) >> instead of >> the primary stream > > Okay, so following your advice I set up modprobe.d to specify the > early-patching files: > > $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/snd_hda_intel.conf > options snd_hda_intel patch=onboard-patch,hdmi-patch > > and specified the hint in /lib/firmware/onboard-patch: > > $ cat /lib/firmware/onboard-patch > [codec] > 0x10ec0892 0x1849d892 0 > > [hint] > indep_hp = 1 > > this seems to work fine, I can query the card hints and indep_hp > shows up: > > $ cat /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/hints > indep_hp = 1 > > but pulseaudio still only shows one sink. Do I need to manually load > another sink module? also, my alsa-info after now: http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=f7de54b96d1cb50391d638e3bc687730daf17a2f so there now is a new "Alt-Analog" playback device: before: !!Aplay/Arecord output !!-------------------- APLAY **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ARECORD **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 2: ALC892 Alt Analog [ALC892 Alt Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 now: APLAY **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 2: ALC892 Alt Analog [ALC892 Alt Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ARECORD **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 2: ALC892 Alt Analog [ALC892 Alt Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 So I tried adding a second module-alsa-card: $ pacmd load-module module-alsa-sink card_name=alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.2 Module load failed (changed the .0 to .2 because thats the Alt Analog right?)
