Hi,
I am running 12.2 and patched up to date. I have two sound cards, one a PCI card and the other in the video card as HDMI.I have a number of issues with the sound configuration but before starting on details I need to know if it is possible to output to both cards?
If this cannot be done then I would waste time in trying.
Cheers
Yes, but you will have to direct the output you want to the secondary device (which will be which ever one you set up as such), otherwise the stream will also default to routing through the primary/master sound device.
Hi tyler,
Thanks for the reply.Let me provide some more details and if you could help me set this up it would be much appreciated.
/etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf
options snd slots=snd-cmipci,snd-hda-intel
NXNs.LN+odl30fk8:nVidia Corporation
alias snd-card-1 snd-hda-intel
Ddhb.leFtcOMtGx0:CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device
alias snd-card-0 snd-cmipci
dave@MeanMachine:/etc/modprobe.d> ^C
dave@MeanMachine:/etc/modprobe.d>
aplay -l
card 0: CMI8738 [C-Media CMI8738], device 0: CMI8738 [C-Media PCI DAC/ADC]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CMI8738 [C-Media CMI8738], device 1: CMI8738 [C-Media PCI 2nd DAC]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CMI8738 [C-Media CMI8738], device 2: CMI8738 [C-Media PCI IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
The two devices were set in yast with the PCI device set as primary and the HDMI device secondary. both enabled for pulse.
first config problem
I have previously and still do get odd results from phonon. The hardware settings always default to the HDMI card.
I was using up till today an onboard sound card and I had this problem so fitted a new card and it still happens. A second note is as root I receive info about sound devices not working with an option to delete them
I think these factors are linked and to do with udev, but I do not know.
second output from hdmi
When I first installed this PCI card I got devices in phonon just as the list in aplay -l
This allowed me to test output from each of these devices and I could get output from my hdmi screen speakers on card 1 device 9.
after reboot it shows only two devices in phonon and HDMI test gives no output.
I would like option to send video sound to correct 1,9 HDMI device.
Sound is working off primary sound card so this is not a major problem.
All help appreciated in improving this.Cheers
okay
first config problem
I have previously and still do get odd results from phonon. The hardware settings always default to the HDMI card. I was using up till today an onboard sound card and I had this problem so fitted a new card and it still happens.
do you mean from the “device preferences” tab? do you mean after you’ve arranged the preferences? what is the master channel set to in the mixer (kmixer)?
A second note is as root I receive info about sound devices not working with an option to delete them
I think these factors are linked and to do with udev, but I do not know.
booting into the desktop as root is known in some cases to affect sound setup … but typically its in regards to screwing up regular users permissions. I’ll leave it up to someone else to admonish you for booting into X as root
second output from hdmi
When I first installed this PCI card I got devices in phonon just as the list in aplay -l
This allowed me to test output from each of these devices and I could get output from my hdmi screen speakers on card 1 device 9.
after reboot it shows only two devices in phonon and HDMI test gives no output.
I would like option to send video sound to correct 1,9 HDMI device.
do you have pauvcontrol installed? if not,do so, then open it up, click on the playback tab … expand the window so that all info is shown. Start playing an audio file and then start a video file. In the pauvcontrol window, you should now see two streams playing (likely both being pumped over your default device). On the right hand side should be a drop down box which states which device is being uses for those respective streams. Click it and configure accordingly. What happens?
Sound is working off primary sound card so this is not a major problem.
good…at least you’re not likely dealing with permissions issues
HI,
You have to configure your sound to have a simultaneous sound.
You will need to install paprefs and add a line in /etc/pulse/default.pa to make it work.
The audio you want to setup is exactly what I am using.
Here is what you can do
Open the /etc/pulse/default.pa with a text editor and add this :
You need to be su to save the changes
### Load HDMI device
load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:1,9
load-module module-combine sink_name=combined
set-default-sink combined
As stated in your post nvidia card yield sound from 1,9 so it is the one I input
If you already installed paprefs, run it and enable simultaneous sound
You can do this in
paprefs-simultaneous output
.
So that thiese changes will take effect you have to reboot your machine
I found out that by just re-estarting pulseaudio is not enough.
After rebooting your machine open pavucontrol and you will see in playback
that simultaneous sound option from both audio card is now an option.
At home I am using 3 sound to play simultaneously coming from the
onboard, HDMI and usb using pulseaudio in openSUSE and it is so far far working nicely
Hi Tyler,
Thanks for the reply
do you mean from the “device preferences” tab? do you mean after you’ve arranged the preferences? what is the master channel set to in the mixer (kmixer)?
What I meant was the phonon/audio hardware set up page and every time I accessed this page it always had the gf110 displayed as the sound card.
I now think I have been wrong in how I expected this to work.The sound card list allows settings to be changed for each card but on opening the page the last card in the dropdown list will always show. It would appear better if done as pavucontrol.
Does that make sense?
booting into the desktop as root is known in some cases to affect sound setup
Okay got it, I wont try from root. There are plenty of posts about though discussing this problem and attribute this to udev randomising the driver loading sequence. this should I thought be counteracted by the slots function in sound.conf. Anyway I have not been receiving any of these errors through number of reboots today, so ifit aint broke?
To go further I have arrived at a solution based on conrams posting that followed your own, so will continue as a response to his post and thanks again.
Hi conram,
I have been messing about with your approach this morning and arrived now at a better than anticipated solution, though it worked a little different to your description
I added the HDMI lines t the end of /etc/pulse/default.pa
I installed and started paprefs, and on the tab for simultaneous output, selected option for virt output driver to local sound cards.
rebooted.
When I now opened pavucontrol I had 5 output devices, my original CM8738 and GF110, plus another GF110 and two simultaneous outs.
From phonon I could now see 5 devices in the hardware dropdown list.Settings done in phonon show in pavucontrol and vice versa and I found some functions easier in one with some others easier in t’other.
So first to pare down the devices, this was better displayed in pavucontrol.
moved my additions to the start of default.pa. no change.
de selected option in paprefs for add virtual output driver. This removed one of the simultaneous devices from list.
In pavucontrol config tab set GF110 profile to off. This removed one of the GF110 devices from the list.
I now have 3 output devices in the pavucontrol device list, GF110 created in default.pa on hw 1,9, CM8738, and simultaneous output.
From phonon device preferences I can now test these devices and get outputs from CM8738 on standard speakers, GF110 to HDMI screen speakers and combined output to both.
Using phonon preferences then allows a great deal of flexibility and works great.
My aim was to output to HDMI for videos and this solution is much better.
So thanks V much for the help there, and a general thanks to all those providing support on these forums it is well appreciated.
Cheers
Good to see you solve your sound problem.
Happy simultaneous sound listening! 
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