Hello, The 'pacmd list-cards' gives precious information about sound cards. I have a jack to usb cable that is capture only (there is no headphone or speaker output) and it has sources and sinks. How to determine if the sound card is capture only, playback only or capture and playback? The following sound card is capture only (i can't plug a headphone or speaker to that usb sound card, i have to reroute the captured audio to another sound card). index: 1 name: <alsa_card.usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Audio_Device-00> driver: <module-alsa-card.c> owner module: 8 properties: alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "C-Media USB Audio Device" alsa.long_card_name = "C-Media USB Audio Device at usb-0000:00:14.0-8, full speed" alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:8:1.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/sound/card0" udev.id = "usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Audio_Device-00" device.bus = "usb" device.vendor.id = "0d8c" device.vendor.name = "C-Media Electronics, Inc." device.product.id = "0008" device.product.name = "C-Media USB Audio Device " device.serial = "0d8c_C-Media_USB_Audio_Device" device.string = "0" device.description = "C-Media USB Audio Device " module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb" profiles: input:mono-fallback: Entrée Mono (priority 1, available: unknown) input:multichannel-input: Entrée Multicanal (priority 1, available: unknown) output:analog-stereo: Sortie Stéréo analogique (priority 6500, available: unknown) output:analog-stereo+input:mono-fallback: Sortie Stéréo analogique + Entrée Mono (priority 6501, available: unknown) output:analog-stereo+input:multichannel-input: Sortie Stéréo analogique + Entrée Multicanal (priority 6501, available: unknown) output:iec958-stereo: Sortie Stéréo numérique (IEC958) (priority 5500, available: unknown) output:iec958-stereo+input:mono-fallback: Sortie Stéréo numérique (IEC958) + Entrée Mono (priority 5501, available: unknown) output:iec958-stereo+input:multichannel-input: Sortie Stéréo numérique (IEC958) + Entrée Multicanal (priority 5501, available: unknown) off: Éteint (priority 0, available: unknown) active profile: <output:analog-stereo+input:mono-fallback> sinks: alsa_output.usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo/#1: C-Media USB Audio Device Stéréo analogique sources: alsa_output.usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo.monitor/#2: Monitor of C-Media USB Audio Device Stéréo analogique alsa_input.usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Audio_Device-00.mono-fallback/#3: C-Media USB Audio Device Mono ports: analog-input-mic: Microphone (priority 8700, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown) properties: device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone" multichannel-input: Entrée multicanal (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown) properties: analog-output: Sortie analogique (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown) properties: iec958-stereo-output: Sortie numérique (S/PDIF) (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown) properties: _______________________________________________ pulseaudio-discuss mailing list pulseaudio-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss