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       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  No AC3/EAC3 Ubuntu 22.10

Status in pavucontrol package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in wireplumber package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I posted the same issue in Pipewire Issues and Pipewire-Wirplumber
  @Gitlab. There someone suggested it might be a Wireplumber issue so
  I'm going to try my luck here.

  I recently upgraded to 22.10 with Pipewire as audio server. In Ubuntu
  22.04 I used to be able to control the audio formats which my receiver
  can decode with Pulse Audio Volume Control. Now this doesn't work
  anymore. My receiver no longer switches between DD, DD+ and DTS
  signals (defaults to DD). For example, when I play DTS audio, my
  receiver stays on DD.

  In PulseAudio Volume Control I can still set which formats my receiver
  understands, but after a reboot these options are all turned off
  again. So these settings are not saved.

  When I set the audio formats back in PulseAudio Volume Control after a
  reboot, DTS is passed on to my receiver, AC3 and EAC3 too (my receiver
  switches format to DD or DD+) but there's no sound or I hear
  intermittently very stuttering audio, as if a piece of audio is
  repeated over and over like a sample.

  So without setting formats with pavucontrol there's only AC3.
  AC3, EAC3 and DTS are submiited as AC3.

  With formats AC3, EAC3 and DTS turned on only DTS works and EAC3 is
  sent to my receiver (the display changes to DD+) but there's no sound.

  I have read Wireplumber and Pipewire wikis but I can't get it to work.

  How can I get Pipewire-Wireplumber to play EAC3 and other surround
  formats, if at all possible?

  Ubuntu 22.10

  Package: pipewire
  Version: 0.3.58-2ubuntu1

  Package: wireplumber
  Version: 0.4.12-1

  Package: vlc
  Version: 3.0.17.4-5

  Package: pavucontrol
  Version: 5.0-2

  Package: pulseaudio
  Version: 1:16.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu3

  Might be related to bug 1991934 as I too see the error Can't find xdg-
  portal?

  nov 03 19:40:39  systemd[2871]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
  nov 03 19:40:39  pipewire[3023]: mod.rt: Can't find xdg-portal: (null)
  nov 03 19:40:39  pipewire[3023]: mod.rt: found session bus but no portal

  pactl list short sinks
  46 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz RUNNING

  
  pw-cli ls Node

  	id 45, type PipeWire:Interface:Node/3
   		object.serial = "87"
   		object.path = "alsa:pcm:0:hdmi:0:playback"
   		factory.id = "18"
   		client.id = "31"
   		device.id = "40"
   		priority.session = "696"
   		priority.driver = "696"
   		node.description = "Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
   		node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.hdmi-stereo"
   		node.nick = "DENON-AVR"
   		media.class = "Audio/Sink"

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