Changing audio output device has no effect [SOLVED]

Fingel · 2021-10-21 21:39:20

Hi,

Sometime in the last few days, changing the audio output using Gnome's "Sound" settings does not switch audio from applications that are currently playing audio. For example, if I am listening to audio from Audacious and change the output from my headphones to to a pair of external speakers, audio continues to play from the headphones. If I restart Audacious it will then output to the external speakers. Same with Firefox.

I am using pipewire.

Here are some commands I found from another thread, though I am not using pulseaudio so I'm not sure what the equivalent commands would have been.

# aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pipewire
    PipeWire Sound Server
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PipeWire Media Server)
sysdefault:CARD=PCH
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC289 Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC289 Analog
    Front output / input
surround21:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC289 Analog
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC289 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC289 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC289 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC289 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC289 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=2
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 3
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=4
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 4
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=5
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 5
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=6
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 6
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=7
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 7
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=8
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 8
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=9
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 9
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=10
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 10
    HDMI Audio Output
sysdefault:CARD=Ultimate
    Razer Kraken Ultimate, USB Audio
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Ultimate,DEV=0
    Razer Kraken Ultimate, USB Audio
    Front output / input
surround21:CARD=Ultimate,DEV=0
    Razer Kraken Ultimate, USB Audio
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Ultimate,DEV=0
    Razer Kraken Ultimate, USB Audio
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Ultimate,DEV=0
    Razer Kraken Ultimate, USB Audio
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Ultimate,DEV=0
    Razer Kraken Ultimate, USB Audio
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Ultimate,DEV=0
    Razer Kraken Ultimate, USB Audio
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Ultimate,DEV=0
    Razer Kraken Ultimate, USB Audio
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Ultimate,DEV=0
    Razer Kraken Ultimate, USB Audio
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

# sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
/dev/snd/controlC0:  austin     3810 F.... pipewire-media-
/dev/snd/controlC1:  austin     3810 F.... pipewire-media-
/dev/snd/pcmC1D0p:   austin     3809 F...m pipewire
/dev/snd/seq:        austin     3809 F.... pipewire

Last edited by Fingel (2021-10-21 22:03:41)

Fingel · 2021-10-21 22:03:13

Turns out I just had to update to Kernel 5.14.14 today and the problem appears to be gone.

Last edited by Fingel (2021-10-21 22:03:23)

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#1 2021-10-21 21:39:20

Changing audio output device has no effect [SOLVED]

#2 2021-10-21 22:03:13

Re: Changing audio output device has no effect [SOLVED]

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