I've been searching for this issue for days now and tried various solutions suggested, without any success.Basically, I have a laptop with built-in audio (the output goes either to the headphone jack or to the built-in speaker) and HDMI. I'm running Debian 7.5 with KDE.Previously, I was running ALSA only and I was able to configure Skype to ring on the HDMI, but use the headphones for the calls themselves. I'd like to achieve something similar using Pulse.I'm not sure if Skype still separates ringing and call audio when it sends them to PulseAudio, but as the Linux version of Skype can run arbitrary scripts on events, I would be happy if I could use e.g. aplay to play something on the HDMI port. However, whatever I do, I always see (and can use) a single output device only.aplay -l:**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]  Subdevices: 1/1  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]  Subdevices: 1/1  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0aplay -L:default    Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound serversysdefault:CARD=PCH    HDA Intel PCH, ALC269VB Analog    Default Audio Devicefront:CARD=PCH,DEV=0    HDA Intel PCH, ALC269VB Analog    Front speakerssurround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0    HDA Intel PCH, ALC269VB Analog    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakerssurround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0    HDA Intel PCH, ALC269VB Analog    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakerssurround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0    HDA Intel PCH, ALC269VB Analog    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakerssurround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0    HDA Intel PCH, ALC269VB Analog    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakerssurround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0    HDA Intel PCH, ALC269VB Analog    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakershdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0    HDMI Audio OutputWhen I try to use the hdmi device directly, I get the following error:$ aplay -D hdmi alert.wavPlaying WAVE 'alert.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Monoaplay: set_params:1087: Channels count non availableIn pavucontrol, under the Configuration tab, I see a Profile drop-down with the following options:Analog Stereo DuplexAnalog Stereo OutputAnalog Stereo (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo InputAnalog Stereo (HDMI) OutputAnalog Stereo InputOffAs far as I can tell, all of these work as (probably) expected: the ones that say HDMI will direct audio output to the HDMI port; the others to the built-in audio card. No matter which one I select, I always see a single output device only under the Output Devices tab.I've tried adding either the built-in or the HDMI device to /etc/pulse/default.pa using load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:0,0 and load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:0,3 - these either seemed to have no effect, or made pulseaudio not display any profiles at all.
How to enable both built-in audio output and HDMI audio output with PulseAudio?
debian;audio;pulseaudio;hdmi