Optical audio out not working/showing up

harjoat · 28 February 2022 10:37

Hello! I’ve been using manjaro on and off for a while. I’ve been trying to setup a speaker using the optical audio output (S/PDIF) on my motherboard. I can’t find any reference to it in audio settings or devices list nor a forum post anywhere about it.

Motherboard is Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE. Realtek® ALC1200 codec.

If there’s any other information that might help you help me just let me know!

Keruskerfuerst · 28 February 2022 13:33

Can you post the following: alsamixer on console ?

nikgnomic · 28 February 2022 13:43

Welcome to Manjaro forum

Please post more information about audio devices

pactl list cards

Profiles for SPDIF output are likely to be shown as
output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output

If the profile is showing as available: no
find the alsa.card number (most likely GPU is card:0 and ALC1200 is card:1)
and check ALSA settings for appropriate card

amixer --card=1

ALSA controls for IEC958 output only have an [on] or [off] switch, no audio level control like analog outputs

harjoat · 1 March 2022 14:08

Card #0
	Name: alsa_card.usb-MICE_MICROPHONE_Trust_USB_microphone_201505-00
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner Module: 6
	Properties:
		alsa.card = "2"
		alsa.card_name = "Trust USB microphone"
		alsa.long_card_name = "MICE MICROPHONE Trust USB microphone at usb-0000:06:00.1-3.3, full speed"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:06:00.1-usb-0:3.3:1.0"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:08.0/0000:06:00.1/usb1/1-3/1-3.3/1-3.3:1.0/sound/card2"
		udev.id = "usb-MICE_MICROPHONE_Trust_USB_microphone_201505-00"
		device.bus = "usb"
		device.vendor.id = "0d8c"
		device.vendor.name = "C-Media Electronics, Inc."
		device.product.id = "0005"
		device.product.name = "Blue Snowball"
		device.serial = "MICE_MICROPHONE_Trust_USB_microphone_201505"
		device.form_factor = "microphone"
		device.string = "2"
		device.description = "Blue Snowball"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone-usb"
	Profiles:
		input:mono-fallback: Mono Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: input:mono-fallback
	Ports:
		analog-input-mic: Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Part of profile(s): input:mono-fallback

Card #1
	Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_09_00.1
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner Module: 7
	Properties:
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xfc080000 irq 118"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:09:00.1"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:09:00.1/sound/card0"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "10de"
		device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
		device.product.id = "10f0"
		device.product.name = "GP104 High Definition Audio Controller"
		device.string = "0"
		device.description = "GP104 High Definition Audio Controller"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Profiles:
		output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5900, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 38468, available: yes)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 33368, available: yes)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 33368, available: yes)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra4: Digital Stereo (HDMI 5) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra4: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 5) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra4: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 5) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra5: Digital Stereo (HDMI 6) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra5: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 6) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra5: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 6) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra6: Digital Stereo (HDMI 7) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra6: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 7) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra6: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 7) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: output:hdmi-stereo-extra2
	Ports:
		hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo, output:hdmi-surround, output:hdmi-surround71
		hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (type: HDMI, priority: 5800, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1
		hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (type: HDMI, priority: 5700, latency offset: 0 usec, available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				device.product.name = "K242HL
      "
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2
		hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (type: HDMI, priority: 5600, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra3, output:hdmi-surround-extra3, output:hdmi-surround71-extra3
		hdmi-output-4: HDMI / DisplayPort 5 (type: HDMI, priority: 5500, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra4, output:hdmi-surround-extra4, output:hdmi-surround71-extra4
		hdmi-output-5: HDMI / DisplayPort 6 (type: HDMI, priority: 5400, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra5, output:hdmi-surround-extra5, output:hdmi-surround71-extra5
		hdmi-output-6: HDMI / DisplayPort 7 (type: HDMI, priority: 5300, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra6, output:hdmi-surround-extra6, output:hdmi-surround71-extra6

Card #2
	Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_0b_00.4
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner Module: 8
	Properties:
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfca00000 irq 120"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0b:00.4"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0b:00.4/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "1022"
		device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]"
		device.product.id = "1487"
		device.product.name = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller"
		device.string = "1"
		device.description = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Profiles:
		input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 65, available: no)
		output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 39268, available: yes)
		output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6565, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-21: Analog Surround 2.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 34068, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 2.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1365, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 33968, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1265, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-41: Analog Surround 4.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 34068, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1365, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-50: Analog Surround 5.0 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 33968, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1265, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-51: Analog Surround 5.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 34068, available: yes)
		output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1365, available: yes)
		output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 38268, available: yes)
		output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5565, 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:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 365, available: no)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: output:analog-stereo
	Ports:
		analog-input-front-mic: Front Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8500, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-ac3-surround-51+input:analog-stereo
		analog-input-rear-mic: Rear Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8200, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-ac3-surround-51+input:analog-stereo
		analog-input-linein: Line In (type: Line, priority: 8100, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-ac3-surround-51+input:analog-stereo
		analog-output-lineout: Line Out (type: Line, priority: 9000, latency offset: 0 usec, available)
			Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo
		analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
			Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
		iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (type: SPDIF, priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Part of profile(s): output:iec958-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo

Card #3
	Name: alsa_card.usb-046d_HD_Pro_Webcam_C920_A2192FEF-02
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner Module: 28
	Properties:
		alsa.card = "3"
		alsa.card_name = "HD Pro Webcam C920"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HD Pro Webcam C920 at usb-0000:06:00.1-3.4.4, high speed"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:06:00.1-usb-0:3.4.4:1.2"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:08.0/0000:06:00.1/usb1/1-3/1-3.4/1-3.4.4/1-3.4.4:1.2/sound/card3"
		udev.id = "usb-046d_HD_Pro_Webcam_C920_A2192FEF-02"
		device.bus = "usb"
		device.vendor.id = "046d"
		device.vendor.name = "Logitech, Inc."
		device.product.id = "082d"
		device.product.name = "HD Pro Webcam C920"
		device.serial = "046d_HD_Pro_Webcam_C920_A2192FEF"
		device.form_factor = "webcam"
		device.string = "3"
		device.description = "HD Pro Webcam C920"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "camera-web-usb"
	Profiles:
		input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 65, available: yes)
		input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 55, available: yes)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: off
	Ports:
		analog-input-mic: Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo
		iec958-stereo-input: Digital Input (S/PDIF) (type: SPDIF, priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
			Part of profile(s): input:iec958-stereo

Above is the output of pactl list cards (apologies if I have poor formatting)
It seems the optical output profile is “available”. How would I make this profile active?

Below is the output of amixer --card=2 (my audio device).

amixer --card=2

Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: Capture 0 - 37
  Mono: Capture 29 [78%] [6.10dB] [on]

harjoat · 1 March 2022 14:10

Yes and I get the following output when I select the soundcard : (nevermind I can’t post links but its /lOTPutr.png on imgur)

harjoat · 1 March 2022 14:15

Thanks for your help guys. Figured it out (Alsamixer controls weren’t intuitive & no options for this show up in pulseaudio). Selected sound card and unmuted S/PDIF by pressing M. No volume control but this seems to be normal.

Solution was:

aslamixer

F6 - select soundcard
Use arrows to navigate to S/PDIF and press M to unmute

nikgnomic · 1 March 2022 14:44

PulseAudio data is showing onboard audio set for analog audio output

Active Profile: output:analog-stereo

From previous comment it sounds like you have worked out changing the Profile to Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output in PulseAudio controls
You might also want to click the Lock icon in GUI controls to stop the Profile being changed

If you have unmuted S/PDIF output in alsamixer you should save ALSA settings so they are restored correctly when system is booted

sudo alsactl store

ALSA controls in alsamixer are not very intuitive, but alsamixer is usually only needed one time
after installing. There are better GUI mixers (gnome-alsamixer qasmixer) but most users do not need to adjust ALSA settings

harjoat · 1 March 2022 18:06

Hi Nik.

The Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output profile you’re referring to does not show up in PulseAudio Controls.

Is it possible to change this?

nikgnomic · 2 March 2022 18:46

If you go to PulseAudio Volume Control > Configuration tab
( pavucontrol -t 5 in terminal if you can’t find it in GUI )
The 2nd card should be Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller
and the drop-down profile menu should have all the profiles previously shown in post#4 data:

Analog Stereo Input

Analog Stereo Output

Analog Stereo Duplex

Analog Surround 2.1 Output

Analog Surround 2.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input

Analog Surround 4.0 Output

Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input

Analog Surround 4.1 Output

Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input

Analog Surround 5.0 Output

Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input

Analog Surround 5.1 Output

Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input

Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output

Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input

Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output

Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output + Analog Stereo Input

Off

nikgnomic · 1 April 2023 00:32