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pulseaudio package

pulseaudio not showing a52 device

Bug #1607875 reported by kenjo
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pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

so I have a external decoder that is connecting over a optical SPDIF link.
Stereo works fine and I had 5.1 working in earlier versions of ubuntu.

now I'm on 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)and I try to follow this description.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DigitalAC-3Pulseaudio

I have 5.1 now working in alsa with
speaker-test -Da52:0 -c6

But I can not get it to show up in pulsaudio. It used to be possible to select it and do the speaker test from inside the gnome sound gui. but now nothing :(

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: pulseaudio 1:9.0-1.1ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 4.7.0-rc7+ x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: kenjo 31687 F...m pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jul 29 18:42:37 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-18 (284 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150924)
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-04-22 (97 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/22/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.B0
dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.board.name: Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.B0:bd02/22/2016:svnMSI:pnMS-7976:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnZ170AGAMINGM7(MS-7976):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: MS-7976
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
modified.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: 2016-04-23T00:00:29.066742

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kenjo (ken-kenjo) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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William Tyler Sontag (wtsontag) wrote :

Im also running 16.10 and able to hear 5.1 sound running
speaker-test -Da52:0 -c6

the GUI sound menu doesn't have any config that can play 5.1 sound

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 16.10 (yakkety) reached end-of-life on July 20, 2017.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test.

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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kenjo (ken-kenjo) wrote :

So I'm on 17.10 (unstable) and I still have issue with this. But its not the same issue.

Now it simply do not show up in the gnome sound settings. To get 5.1 ac3 output I first need to start pavucontrol then in the Configuration tab select the correct profile in the Built-in Audio section.

Then it shows up in gnome sound setting. But it does not remember it so I have to to this over and over.

So different problem but still an issue. now its showing up in pulseaudio but not in gnome audio.

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - pulsaudio not showing a52 device
+ pulseaudio not showing a52 device
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