On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 03:57:25PM -0500, Paul Elliott wrote: >> >> Can you post the output of this command while the card is plugged in? > > OK, here it is: I trimmed it down to just the card in question: > Card #3 > Name: alsa_card.usb-C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_Audio_Device-00 > Driver: module-alsa-card.c > Owner Module: 27 > Properties: > alsa.card = "1" > alsa.card_name = "USB Audio Device" > alsa.long_card_name = "C-Media Electronics Inc. USB Audio Device at > usb-0000:00:1a.0-2, full speed" > alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio" > device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:2:1.0" > sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/sound/card1" > udev.id = "usb-C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_Audio_Device-00" > device.bus = "usb" > device.vendor.id = "0d8c" > device.vendor.name = "C-Media Electronics, Inc." > device.product.id = "0014" > device.product.name = "Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A)" > device.serial = "C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_Audio_Device" > device.string = "1" > device.description = "Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A)" > module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" > device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb" Here we see the available profiles of the card: > Profiles: > input:mono-fallback: Mono Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 1, > available: yes) > input:multichannel-input: Multichannel Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, > priority: 1, available: yes) > output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: > 6500, available: yes) > output:analog-stereo+input:mono-fallback: Analog Stereo Output + Mono Input > (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6501, available: yes) > output:analog-stereo+input:multichannel-input: Analog Stereo Output + > Multichannel Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6501, available: yes) > output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, > priority: 5500, available: yes) > output:iec958-stereo+input:mono-fallback: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + > Mono Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5501, available: yes) > output:iec958-stereo+input:multichannel-input: Digital Stereo (IEC958) > Output + Multichannel Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5501, > available: yes) > output:iec958-ac3-surround-51: Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output > (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 300, available: yes) > output:iec958-ac3-surround-51+input:mono-fallback: Digital Surround 5.1 > (IEC958/AC3) Output + Mono Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 301, > available: yes) > output:iec958-ac3-surround-51+input:multichannel-input: Digital Surround > 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output + Multichannel Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, > priority: 301, available: yes) > off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes) And the current active profile is one that only handles the output: > Active Profile: output:analog-stereo Try this command to set it to the combo stereo output plus multichannel input (though this card probably only has mono input): $ pactl set-card-profile alsa_card.usb-C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_Audio_Device-00 output:analog-stereo+input:multichannel-input --Sean
