[pulseaudio-discuss] USB headset Steelseries Arctis troubleshooting

[Johan Heikkilä]

2017-08-27 14:55 GMT+03:00 Tanu Kaskinen <tanuk at iki.fi>:
>
> In the path configuration file:
>
> [General]
> description-key = analog-input-microphone-headset
>
> That will set the description to "Headset Microphone", and it will be
> translated.
>
> [General]
> description = Headset Mono Output
>
> That will set the description to "Headset Mono Output". The string
> won't be translated. To make it translatable, a new description key
> needs to be added to src/modules/alsa/alsa-mixer.c, in the
> well_known_descriptions table.
>

Thanks, this worked fine. I've also added "description-key =
analog-output-headphones" to the stereo path file, because this key
already exists in alsa-mixer.c. I suggest adding
"analog-output-headphones-mono" for the mono device (updated the
patch).

> I see you're using auto-profiles. That will prevent simultaneous use of
> the mono and stereo outputs. Did you try the manual profile that I
> suggested in my previous mail?

Yes, you are correct. Adding this profile makes it possible to select
and use the mono output separately. Adding this in addition to
auto-profiles works very well (if auto-profiles is turned off, the
result is confusing and doesn't work; I tried many combinations of my
own profiles, but gave up).

I tested the result with Discord. In Gnome sound settings, I selected
"Headphones - Steelseries Arctic 7" and the profile that was
automatically selected was "Analog mono output + Analog stereo output
+ Analog mono input". In Discord, I selected "Steelseries Arctis 7
Analog mono headset". Now while playing some music in stereo, I was
chatting in Discord. On the headset, I could adjust the stereo volume
and mono (chat) volume separately with the dedicated wheels.

I've updated the patch: https://johanh.net/steelseries_arctis.patch

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