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#1 2019-12-06 19:43:07
- kamelie1706
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Arctics 7 SteelSeries headset - Enable 7.1 - PulseAudio
Hi,
Just bought Arctics 7 SteelSeries headset 2019 edition, works perfetctly in stereo but was wondering about the 7.1.
aplay -l
card 2: S7 [SteelSeries Arctis 7], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: S7 [SteelSeries Arctis 7], device 1: USB Audio [USB Audio #1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0aplay -L
sysdefault:CARD=S7
SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=S7,DEV=0
SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio
Front speakers
surround21:CARD=S7,DEV=0
SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio
2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=S7,DEV=0
SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=S7,DEV=0
SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=S7,DEV=0
SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=S7,DEV=0
SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=S7,DEV=0
SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=S7,DEV=0
SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
usbstream:CARD=S7
SteelSeries Arctis 7
USB Stream OutputFound something in debian page
https://wiki.debian.org/PulseAudio
Many people have a multi-channel sound cards, but use the speakers for the two channels. PulseAudio has no default settings for surround sound support. To enable all channels, edit the file /etc/pulse/daemon.conf: uncomment default-sample-channels (ie remove the semicolon at the beginning of the line) and set it to 6 if you System 5.1 or 8, if your system is 7.1.But seems to be for all devices ...
So seems at alsa level every fine but ....
Alsamixer shows only stereo/Mono outputs ... as Pulseaudio mixer (using pulseaudio-alsa plugin)
amixer -c2
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 64
Mono: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',1
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 64
Mono: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headset',0
Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: Capture 0 - 70
Mono: Capture 64 [91%] [0.00dB] [on]What am I missing?
Thx
Last edited by kamelie1706 (2019-12-08 16:20:47)
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#2 2019-12-08 16:03:04
- V1del
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Re: Arctics 7 SteelSeries headset - Enable 7.1 - PulseAudio
your amixer command doesn't talk to the correct subdevice, and the pulseaudio-alsa mixer will only show what's actually playing if you are actually playing something. If you want to check/manipulate pulse state use
pacmd list-cards
pacmd list-sinks(afaik steel series cards did get explicit support here, so you should be able to configure the correct profile here.) Also please use [ code ] not [ quote ] tags for pasting output.
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#3 2019-12-15 15:47:28
- kamelie1706
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Re: Arctics 7 SteelSeries headset - Enable 7.1 - PulseAudio
Thx
Here we go, normally I managed all output using the kde standard audio interface ...
pacmd list-cards
index: 1
name: <alsa_card.usb-SteelSeries_SteelSeries_Arctis_7-00>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
owner module: 7
properties:
alsa.card = "2"
alsa.card_name = "SteelSeries Arctis 7"
alsa.long_card_name = "SteelSeries SteelSeries Arctis 7 at usb-0000:00:12.2-5.7.1, full speed"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:12.2-usb-0:5.7.1:1.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-5/1-5.7/1-5.7.1/1-5.7.1:1.0/sound/card2"
udev.id = "usb-SteelSeries_SteelSeries_Arctis_7-00"
device.bus = "usb"
device.vendor.id = "1038"
device.vendor.name = "SteelSeries ApS"
device.product.id = "12ad"
device.product.name = "SteelSeries Arctis 7"
device.serial = "SteelSeries_SteelSeries_Arctis_7"
device.string = "2"
device.description = "SteelSeries Arctis 7"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb"
profiles:
output:analog-mono+output:analog-stereo+input:analog-mono: Sortie Mono analogique + Sortie Stéréo analogique + Entrée Mono analogique (priority 5100, available: unknown)
input:analog-mono: Entrée Mono analogique (priority 0, available: unknown)
output:analog-mono: Sortie Mono analogique (priority 0, available: unknown)
output:analog-mono+input:analog-mono: Duplex Mono analogique (priority 0, available: unknown)
output:analog-stereo: Sortie Stéréo analogique (priority 5000, available: unknown)
output:analog-stereo+input:analog-mono: Sortie Stéréo analogique + Entrée Mono analogique (priority 5000, available: unknown)
off: Éteint (priority 0, available: unknown)
active profile: <output:analog-stereo>
sinks:
alsa_output.usb-SteelSeries_SteelSeries_Arctis_7-00.analog-stereo/#2: SteelSeries Arctis 7 Stéréo analogique
sources:
alsa_output.usb-SteelSeries_SteelSeries_Arctis_7-00.analog-stereo.monitor/#3: Monitor of SteelSeries Arctis 7 Stéréo analogique
ports:
steelseries-arctis-7-output-mono: Headphones Mono Output (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
steelseries-arctis-7-output-stereo: Casque audio (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
steelseries-arctis-7-input: Microphone casque (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:pacmd list-sinks
index: 2
name: <alsa_output.usb-SteelSeries_SteelSeries_Arctis_7-00.analog-stereo>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: RUNNING
suspend cause: (none)
priority: 9049
volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
balance 0,00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 26,50 ms
max request: 4 KiB
max rewind: 4 KiB
monitor source: 3
sample spec: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stéréo
used by: 1
linked by: 1
configured latency: 21,33 ms; range is 0,50 .. 2000,00 ms
card: 1 <alsa_card.usb-SteelSeries_SteelSeries_Arctis_7-00>
module: 7
properties:
alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.name = "USB Audio #1"
alsa.id = "USB Audio"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.device = "1"
alsa.card = "2"
alsa.card_name = "SteelSeries Arctis 7"
alsa.long_card_name = "SteelSeries SteelSeries Arctis 7 at usb-0000:00:12.2-5.7.1, full speed"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:12.2-usb-0:5.7.1:1.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-5/1-5.7/1-5.7.1/1-5.7.1:1.0/sound/card2"
udev.id = "usb-SteelSeries_SteelSeries_Arctis_7-00"
device.bus = "usb"
device.vendor.id = "1038"
device.vendor.name = "SteelSeries ApS"
device.product.id = "12ad"
device.product.name = "SteelSeries Arctis 7"
device.serial = "SteelSeries_SteelSeries_Arctis_7"
device.string = "hw:2,1,0"
device.buffering.buffer_size = "384000"
device.buffering.fragment_size = "192000"
device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
device.profile.description = "Stéréo analogique"
device.description = "SteelSeries Arctis 7 Stéréo analogique"
alsa.mixer_name = "USB Mixer"
alsa.components = "USB1038:12ad"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb"
ports:
steelseries-arctis-7-output-stereo: Casque audio (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
active port: <steelseries-arctis-7-output-stereo>Offline