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laevus

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Registered: 2009-11-04

Posts: 2

The Audio playback device HDA Intel (ALC268 Analog) doesn't work.

Every time I login to KDE through KDM, the notification gives me this message: "The Audio playback device HDA Intel (ALC268 Analog) doesn't work. Falling back to default"
Everytime I try to play an audio file, the notification gives me the same message.
But everything else such as system sound, online video work.

What can I do to make it work?
thank you for your help

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scarecrow

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From: Greece

Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 715

Re: The Audio playback device HDA Intel (ALC268 Analog) doesn't work.

Change the phonon backend from gstreamer to xine or mplayer.

Last edited by scarecrow (2009-11-04 17:13:40)

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mcsaba77

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From: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Registered: 2009-09-30

Posts: 52

Re: The Audio playback device HDA Intel (ALC268 Analog) doesn't work.

Are you trying to use pulse? I saw that message when I was trying to use pulse. I configured my system for pulse following the wiki, but the problem only went away once I installed xine-pulse from AUR and configured phonon (in systemsettings -> multimedia) to use pulse by default (top of the list) for everything...

laevus

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Registered: 2009-11-04

Posts: 2

Re: The Audio playback device HDA Intel (ALC268 Analog) doesn't work.

thanks for the replies

problem solved
System Settings -> Multimedia -> Device Preference -> Music
Moved "default" to the top

but why doesn't "HDA Intel (ALC268 Analog)" work?

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DkySven

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2009-12-12

Posts: 11

Re: The Audio playback device HDA Intel (ALC268 Analog) doesn't work.

I have the same problem under the same conditions the original poster described. However, under System Settings -> Multimedia -> Device Preference I don't have default as device listed. The devices I can pick are:
-Esound (ESD)
-HDA Intel (STAC92xx Analog)
-HDA Intel, NVIDIA HDMI (HDMI Audio Output)
-Jack Audio COnnection Kit.

I can also pick HDA Intel (NVIDIA HDMI) when I check  'Show advanced devices'

When I use Esound I have sound for a while, until after a random time it falls back to the underlying device, which makes sound disappear. When I use HDA Intel (STAC92xx Analog), it falls back immediately on logging in and the other choices do never fall back, but when I use them, I have no sound at all. After I loose sound when Esound falls back to another device, sometimes writing sudo /etc/rc.d/alsa restart gives sound back, but mostly I need to relog/restart the X-Server to get sound back.

Is my issue related to the original poster his problem? And how can I fix it?

DkySven

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2009-12-12

Posts: 11

Re: The Audio playback device HDA Intel (ALC268 Analog) doesn't work.

After a bit messing around, it seems that when using Gstreamer as back-end for phonon, there are no devices falling back, but of course then I cannot play mp3-files.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: The Audio playback device HDA Intel (ALC268 Analog) doesn't work.

After a bit messing around, it seems that when using Gstreamer as back-end for phonon, there are no devices falling back, but of course then I cannot play mp3-files.

I'm no gstreamer guru, but IIRC they had good, bad and ugly codec-packs - check the ugly ones for mp3 support.

DkySven

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2009-12-12

Posts: 11

Re: The Audio playback device HDA Intel (ALC268 Analog) doesn't work.

The ugly codec-pack is already installed sadly enough.

DkySven

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2009-12-12

Posts: 11

Re: The Audio playback device HDA Intel (ALC268 Analog) doesn't work.

After the said test of the gstreamer back-end, I set it back at xine, so I would be able to play MP3 files again. Since then, my problems seem to have disappeared. Really weird.

DkySven

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2009-12-12

Posts: 11

Re: The Audio playback device HDA Intel (ALC268 Analog) doesn't work.

Ok, after a while the error returned. Now I switched back to GStreamer where since last KDE update(it seems) MP3 files can be played with this back-end. The 'default' device is only in the devices list when you use GStreamer as back-end. Everything works now fine for me, except that last.fm in Amarok won't play.

Last edited by DkySven (2010-07-31 12:26:46)