<div dir="ltr"><div>I have two drop-downs, both titled "Built-in Audio" The top is "Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output" and the other is "Analog Stereo Duplex"</div><div><br></div><div>I'm not clear on what I would change. The top one has a bunch of other options, all of which are unplugged and unavailable. The other has three more options... "Analog Stereo Input", "Analog Stereo Output", and "Off"<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 12:20 AM Sean Greenslade <<a href="mailto:sean@seangreenslade.com">sean@seangreenslade.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 08:09:53AM -0700, John Oliver wrote:<br>
> I have a ThinkPad X1 running Ubuntu 22.04 and a "ThinkPad Hybrid USB-C with<br>
> USB-A Dock" If I insert a headphone jack to the docking station, I can<br>
> only hear sound coming from the headphones... I cannot switch to HDMI. At<br>
> my last job I had another ThinkPad running RHEL 8 and a docking station,<br>
> and I was able to leave my headphones plugged in and switch to HDMI. How<br>
> can I fix? The docking station is tucked away, and it's a bit of a chore<br>
> to plug the headphones in and out.<br>
<br>
Some audio interfaces have the HDMI and the analog ports exposed as<br>
different profiles of the same card. If you run pavucontrol and go into<br>
the Configuration tab, check what is listed in the Profile drop-down for<br>
your audio card. The profile that corresponds to using only the analog<br>
ports is usually called "Analog Stereo Duplex". The HDMI options (if<br>
present) will have various names depending on the number of ports and<br>
which channel configurations your card supports.<br>
<br>
Changing the selection in that dropdown should live re-route any playing<br>
audio to the selected port. Try selecting some of the HDMI options and<br>
see if that gets the audio routed the way you want.<br>
<br>
--Sean<br>
<br>
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