SOLVED: howto direct sound to ext speakers

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some time ago, I posted; asking for advice on how to direct the sound from YouTube videos; played on Firefox; to our ext speakers;

I joined the PulseAudio forum, and a member of that group kindly gave me the answer;

I opened pavucontrol: I did this by terminal, but MENU: SOUND & VIDEO: PULSEAUDIO CONTROL; gets one to the same control:

the KEY thing I learned was: the stream that you want to re-direct: MUST BE RUNNING for you to change it;

  1. open PulseAudio Volume Control;
  2. Click on Playback: it will say “No application is currently playing audio”;
  3. Now: start the video … for me, an MPEG on Mplayer;
  4. return to the PlayBack tab on the PulseAudio Volume Control; it now displays the audio stream;
  5. right-click on the audio stream: it showed for me: two audio streams: USB and front; (for me, ext speakers)
  6. I selected front, and re-directed the sound to the ext speakers

I was very appreciative of the prompt response from a member of the PulseAudio forum;

I hope this may be of help to others

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pdc_2, thanks for sharing your solution.