Play audio on both front and back port issue

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Hi everyone I could use some help, I have an audio device plugged into my front and back port and i like them to be linked together and play the same audio, usually i go into alsamixer on ubuntu and mint, and disable the auto mute and the issue is solved but when i do that on garuda all it does is allow me to switch between front and back port but it doesn't play audio on both at the same time

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If you select the "Pro Audio" profile then PipeWire will output to all jacks.

For example, using pavucontrol:

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doesnt seem to work it just forces the audio to the back port

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Well switch to pulseaudio and use paprefs it has option to simultaneously play from all devices

sudo Pacman -S pulseaudio-support pulseaudio-bluetooth paprefs

Then Open paprefs

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There will be a way of doing it with PipeWire, e.g. PipeWire/Examples - ArchWiki shows how to split jacks into separate output sinks.

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well i tried that and went to simultaneous output and enabled it, and that still didnt work, i did see a virtual output in pavucontrol but selecting that didnt work this is the second garuda installation that does it so id assume this issue is built into garuda somehow.

and i have no clue what im supposed to use from that, im not a coder, im a bit of a newb

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Don’t make it a bigger deal than it warrants. It’s not magic. All you are doing is altering/creating a text file. The Arch Wiki link is just a guide with suggestions. Play around with them. See what you can achieve. You can always revert changes.

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Read more here:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/wikis/Virtual-Devices#create-a-combined-sinksource

This isn’t “easy” yet, but that’s what you get for having an operating system that exposes everything to the user.

This is a good opportunity to learn.

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Same boat here, except I am a "coder" and experienced Linux user on many platforms. This is a colossal pain in Garuda Linux (doing anything with NVM is also a HUGE pain - FISH is pretty, but no good for developers - but I digress). This is the second installation I have had on my machine since it allowed me to quit dual-booting as I no longer needed Windoze to play games but this is one of the drawbacks. With greater control comes greater headaches. I would very much like to know if this has been solved.

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Please open new post and follow the template, thanks.