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sytrus

Member

Registered: 2014-03-17

Posts: 1

Strange issue with ASLA and Logitech USB headset

Hey guys,

I've been scouring the internet for a few hours trying to fix this problem, still no avail. I'm brand new to arch, but ran the aui install script to get set up. I'm on a 64 bit machine running xfce4.

So here is my issue, I have a USB headset that is being recognized by asla.

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital]
  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 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Headset [Logitech USB Headset], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

I also created a conf file in my home directory per suggestions I saw in help threads.

This is my /usr/share/alsa/pcm/default.conf

pcm.!default{
type hw
card 2
device 0
}

ctl.!default{
type hw
card 2
device 0
}

Now, when I go to youtube or a web player of any kind I hear cracking sounds, that's it. But, when i run

speaker-test -c 2

I hear the output completely fine.

I also have output set via audio mixer to the headset. Any ideas?

emeres

Member

Registered: 2013-10-08

Posts: 1,570

Re: Strange issue with ASLA and Logitech USB headset

Try increasing buffer and periods size. You should leave /usr/share/alsa/pcm/default.conf as it is (reinstall alsa-lib if do not have a backup). Put your configuration in ~/.asoundrc instead.

Last edited by emeres (2014-03-28 13:55:04)