USB Speakers

[fred0843]

Installed USB Speakers.Will play start sounds and shutdown.went in to media they play when I run the test.I get no audio in firefox or other Programs.

[T6]

i'm not sure if you need pulseaudio for this, don't rmemeber anyone asking for help with usb speakers recently

[Georgetoon]

I've never been able to get USB speakers to work universally.  It's pretty much a program by program sort of thing, AFAIK.

For my laptop and notebook, I have USB powered speakers that plug into the audio jack. 

Specifically, I have these.

[T6]

    

[Just17]

I have a set of USB speakers which I use on a laptop occasionally.

IMO, PulseAudio is the answer.

Get PA installed and working .....  use the task meta package from the repo and also install pavucontrol which gives you the GUI to control the extra device.

You can then choose to direct sound to the USB speakers or to the internal speakers on an app-by-app basis.
You can make the USB speakers the default, and if not present have the internal speakers as the fall-back.

Everything works perfectly here ......  using PulseAudio to control the sound streams.

Be prepared to spend a little time learning how best to use (pavucontrol) PA Volume Control!

[Georgetoon]

I have a set of USB speakers which I use on a laptop occasionally.

IMO, PulseAudio is the answer.

Get PA installed and working .....  use the task meta package from the repo and also install pavucontrol which gives you the GUI to control the extra device.

You can then choose to direct sound to the USB speakers or to the internal speakers on an app-by-app basis.
You can make the USB speakers the default, and if not present have the internal speakers as the fall-back.

Everything works perfectly here ......  using PulseAudio to control the sound streams.

Be prepared to spend a little time learning how best to use (pavucontrol) PA Volume Control!

Wow!  News to me!  Thanks!:)  I alredy have pavucontrol installed.  Not sure which meta package you refer to.

[Just17]

I have a set of USB speakers which I use on a laptop occasionally.

IMO, PulseAudio is the answer.

Get PA installed and working .....  use the task meta package from the repo and also install pavucontrol which gives you the GUI to control the extra device.

You can then choose to direct sound to the USB speakers or to the internal speakers on an app-by-app basis.
You can make the USB speakers the default, and if not present have the internal speakers as the fall-back.

Everything works perfectly here ......  using PulseAudio to control the sound streams.

Be prepared to spend a little time learning how best to use (pavucontrol) PA Volume Control!

Wow!  News to me!  Thanks!:)  I alredy have pavucontrol installed.  Not sure which meta package you refer to.

task-pulseaudio .....  the meta package to install PulseAudio

[Just17]

I've never been able to get USB speakers to work universally.  It's pretty much a program by program sort of thing, AFAIK.

For my laptop and notebook, I have USB powered speakers that plug into the audio jack. 

Specifically, I have these.

If they plug into the audio jack they are not 'USB Speakers'.

USB Speakers receive the audio stream over USB.

[fred0843]

I get audio notifcation.Set logitech speaker in Phonon as default.Run test sound Ok.Stll no sound firefox.

install task pulseaudio still no sound.

The usb speakers work on my Ubuntu OS install

[Just17]

install task pulseaudio still no sound.

Care to tell us what you did to try to get sound after you installed this?

Did you install pavucontrol and use it?

 

[fred0843]

I used Phonon
I installed Pavucontrol,but do not know how to start it .

[smileeb]

Hope it helps a little.

http://pkgb.net/pavucontrol/

[Just17]

I used Phonon
I installed Pavucontrol,but do not know how to start it .

PulseAudio Volume Control ......  from the Sound menu ....