
If it still doesn't work, return to Step 2 and play with mixer settings. If there are other entries, repeat Step 3 with each parameter. Note the numbers in brackets ("" should be one of them that's the one we tried in Step 3 with the "hw:0,2" parameter). If that doesn't work, look for entries listed as "digital audio playback" in the output of "cat /proc/asound/devices". If it works your receiver should indicate it's getting PCM data.

Try playing back a WAV file: "aplay -D hw:0,2 myfile.wav" or possibly "aplay -D plughw:0,2 myfile.wav". Not sure what I need to do with the Ubuntu Config.Īlso, my card is: Turtle Beach TBS-3300-01 Montego DDL Sound Cardīasic troubleshooting steps (taken from the DigitalOut with ALSA page I posted to your earlier question):Ĭheck that the card is found and available (already done! good job!)Ĭheck mixer settings (try TonyUser's suggestion of gnome-volume-control-pulse first, then try running alsamixer and seeing if you need to adjust things there as well). If I uninstall pulse, it works okay for XMBC, but nothing else has sound. I don't really know very much about sound trouble shooting, so any help is appreciated. I disable the onboard intel audio from the bios.Īplay -l says: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****Ĭard 0: CMI8768, device 0: CMI8738-MC8 Ĭard 0: CMI8768, device 1: CMI8738-MC8 Ĭard 0: CMI8768, device 2: CMI8738-MC8 Ĭurrently I have the following switches checked: When sound does come out those two channels, my reciever says PCM, but when the test says other channels, it says NO AUDIO INPUT. I can get static out the front two channels with the following command but that is it so far (when the test says center, nothing works): One-step ConnectionWith the Turtle Beach Montego DDL, hook up your PC to a Dolby Digital-equipped audio/video receiver or digital speaker system via a single optical digital cable for audio signal integrity.I installed a new sound card, a Turtle Beach card, and can't seem to get sound out of the optical out.

