$ pactl list sinks Sink #0 State: SUSPENDED Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.iec958-stereo Description: Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (IEC958) Driver: module-alsa-card.c Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 7 Mute: no Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.iec958-stereo.monitor Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY SET_FORMATS Properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "ALC1200 Digital" alsa.id = "ALC1200 Digital" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "1" alsa.card = "1" alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel at 0xfcff8000 irq 26" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.id = "3a3e" device.product.name = "82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller" device.form_factor = "internal" device.string = "iec958:1" device.buffering.buffer_size = "65536" device.buffering.fragment_size = "32768" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "iec958-stereo" device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (IEC958)" device.description = "Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (IEC958)" alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC1200" alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0888,104382fe,00100101" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" Ports: iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority: 0) Active Port: iec958-stereo-output Formats: pcm