Pulseaudio on Apuntes de root https://blog.099c.org/tags/pulseaudio/ Recent content in Pulseaudio on Apuntes de root Hugo en-US jorti@pm.me (Juan Orti Alcaine) jorti@pm.me (Juan Orti Alcaine) Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Simultaneous audio in HDMI and analog with Pulseaudio https://blog.099c.org/posts/simultaneous-audio-in-hdmi-and-analog-with-pulseaudio/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000jorti@pm.me (Juan Orti Alcaine) https://blog.099c.org/posts/simultaneous-audio-in-hdmi-and-analog-with-pulseaudio/ <p>I have connected my computer to the TV via HDMI and wanted to play audio simultaneously in the PC speakers and in the home cinema. You can see this solution in the <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Examples#Simultaneous_HDMI_and_Analog_Output" title="Simultaneous_HDMI_and_Analog_Output">Arch wiki</a>, I just have added the device description for easier identification.</p> <p>At the beginning of <code>/etc/pulse/default.pa</code>, add:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-gdscript3" data-lang="gdscript3"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">load</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">module</span> <span class="n">module</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">alsa</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">sink</span> <span class="n">device</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&#34;hw:0,0&#34;</span> <span class="n">sink_name</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">analog_output_stereo</span> <span class="n">channels</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="n">update</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">sink</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">proplist</span> <span class="n">analog_output_stereo</span> <span class="n">device</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">description</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&#34;PC Speakers - Stereo&#34;</span> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">load</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">module</span> <span class="n">module</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">alsa</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">sink</span> <span class="n">device</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&#34;hw:0,7&#34;</span> <span class="n">sink_name</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">hdmi_output_surround</span> <span class="n">channels</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">6</span> <span class="n">channel_map</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">front</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">left</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">front</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">right</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">rear</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">left</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">rear</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">right</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">front</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">center</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">lfe</span> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="n">update</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">sink</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">proplist</span> <span class="n">hdmi_output_surround</span> <span class="n">device</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">description</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&#34;Home theater - 5.1&#34;</span> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">load</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">module</span> <span class="n">module</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">combine</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">sink</span> <span class="n">sink_name</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">analog_hdmi_surround</span> <span class="n">slaves</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">analog_output_stereo</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">hdmi_output_surround</span> <span class="n">channels</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">6</span> <span class="n">channel_map</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">front</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">left</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">front</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">right</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">rear</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">left</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">rear</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">right</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">front</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">center</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">lfe</span> </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="n">update</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">sink</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">proplist</span> <span class="n">analog_hdmi_surround</span> <span class="n">device</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">description</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&#34;Home theater and PC Speakers - 5.1&#34;</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><p>You can get the device id with <code>aplay</code>. &ldquo;hw:0,7&rdquo; means the card 0, device 7.</p>