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clanger

Member

Registered: 2010-01-04

Posts: 33

Enabling USB Headset

I am using ALSA and have setup the sound for my system (using the Arch ALSA page).
Everything works when I plug my headphones into the Jacks.

I am no trying to enable my Logitech USB headset.
The usb_audio drivers are loaded and I have set the headset as the default device using both asoundconf and by putting this in my .asoundrc (from official ALSA guide):

defaults.ctl.card 1
defaults.pcm.card 1
defaults.timer.card 1

Both approaches result in nothing comes out of my headset. The volume is non-muted in alsamixer (for both my sound card and the usb headset).

aplay -l :

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Headset [Logitech G330 Headset], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Is there something I'm missing here?

Thanks

Edit:

I've messed around a little with asoundconf and I can get sound coming from my USB headset when I use 'aplay'. However, when I use mplayer the sound still comes out of the jack and not the USB headphone. Does asoundconf not set system wide defaults? If not, how can I set the system wide default for this machine?

Edit Again:

The -ao alsa option to mplayer did the trick.. e.g

$ mplayer -ao alsa /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Left.wav

Edit Once More:

Sound only comes through the left channel. Oh no.
/em goes off to read .asoundrc documentation

edit.edit:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=51527
Seems related, but I don't know where to find the options mentioned in alsamixer.

Last edited by clanger (2010-01-11 16:45:00)

ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,362

Re: Enabling USB Headset

Did you realize the sound you're playing is Side_Left? Meaning it only has sound on the left channel....

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clanger

Member

Registered: 2010-01-04

Posts: 33

Re: Enabling USB Headset

Yes, I tried Side_Right and it still comes out of the left channel. Flash and mplayer both still have this problem. As far as I can tell it effects every program using sound on the system.

Still not found a solution, don't really want to go down the OSS or Pulse route.