Enabling USB DAC in Linux Mint with DeadBeef player
Initial error: in the deadbeef you see the "Output plugin" set to ALSA output plugin, and "Output device" set to smth like 'Playback through pulseaudio'. But when you change output device to "USB HIFI Audio, USB Audio" (in my case, AIYIMA DAC-A5 PRO), playback stops and no sound is produced. The solution from here: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=357325 :
In the terminal run xed admin:///etc/pulse/daemon.conf and when the file opens find this section:
; default-sample-format = s16le ; default-sample-rate = 44100 ; alternate-sample-rate = 48000Code: Select all
Anything you change there should include removing the semicolon at the front such as this:
default-sample-format = s32le default-sample-rate = 192000 alternate-sample-rate = 44100Code: Select all
Save your changes then run pulseaudio -k in the terminal to restart the sound daemon and test your sound.
It helped me instantly.
















