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nattravnen

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Registered: 2021-04-11

Posts: 11

[Solved] - ALSA default audio device

I'm running Qtile and I would like to use the builtin monitor speakers. This is the output of "aplay -l":

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [PHL 273V7]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

I have tested the speakers working with the following command, where the model of the monitor is "[PHL 273V7]":

speaker-test -Dhdmi:CARD=PCH -c 2 -t sine

How do I set this as default audio device?

Last edited by nattravnen (2023-10-02 19:33:00)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [Solved] - ALSA default audio device

qtile seems to be able to work with alsa and/or pulseaudio .

While it is still possible to use a pure alsa system (I do), pipewire & pulseaudio are much more common.

What are you using to manage your sound system ?

If unsure, post

$ pacman -Qs pulse
$ pacman -Qs pipewire

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nattravnen

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Registered: 2021-04-11

Posts: 11

Re: [Solved] - ALSA default audio device

Hi, thanks for answering. I have managed to make it work using "pulseaudio" easier to manage since it recognizes automatically the audio source and removed the "alsa-utils" package. I'm going to mark the post as solved.