# No voice from usb-dac

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [28 July 2022 02:17 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816 "2022-07-28T02:17:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author: ![gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/gungang)
#### Post date: [28 July 2022 02:17 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/1 "2022-07-28T02:17:47Z")

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I have a SBC , Native pc（x86\_64).  
connect usb-dac ,but no voice out.  
in dietpi-config, I choose usb-dac, it can discriminate model of the DAC .  
 ![Snipaste_2022-07-28_09-58-36](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/d/ddb448edcadb08600d872598d606d7883797a0ac.jpeg)

HELP! Please!

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### Author: ![gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/gungang)
#### Post date: [28 July 2022 02:20 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/2 "2022-07-28T02:20:39Z")

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because I’m nenw user,only one JPG.

![Snipaste_2022-07-28_09-58-52](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c47e9eaee976ef0f816d5838d497d42f4ccfbfff.jpeg)

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### Author: ![gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/gungang)
#### Post date: [28 July 2022 02:21 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/3 "2022-07-28T02:21:19Z")

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![Snipaste_2022-07-28_09-59-23](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1b2f7b06dfd14fb408eadaf4109f3bb19281ec80.jpeg)

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### Author: ![gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/gungang)
#### Post date: [28 July 2022 02:21 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/4 "2022-07-28T02:21:59Z")

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![Snipaste_2022-07-28_09-59-50](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/1/14d3e8994e187561bc2e35830d3099224bd81b16.jpeg)

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### Author: ![gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/gungang)
#### Post date: [28 July 2022 02:22 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/5 "2022-07-28T02:22:48Z")

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![Snipaste_2022-07-28_10-00-42](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/7/75044f5a44c08e01b0a00c67ccbf028147b97a84.jpeg)

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### Author: ![gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/gungang)
#### Post date: [28 July 2022 02:27 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/6 "2022-07-28T02:27:38Z")

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![Snipaste_2022-07-27_15-47-23](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/6/64408d717aaea71f9b16c38667337a20b32644dd.jpeg)

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### Author: ![MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/michaing/32/7_2.png) [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)
#### Post date: [28 July 2022 05:28 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/7 "2022-07-28T05:28:01Z")

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Welcome to our community 🙂.

Please try to enable the auto-conversion plugin.

That there are no controls in alsamixer might be a hint that drivers are limited, on the other hand the DAC is detected as such with all devices and channels 🤔. The manufacturer does not provide info about Linux drivers or setup?

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### Author: ![gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/gungang)
#### Post date: [28 July 2022 06:20 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/8 "2022-07-28T06:20:07Z")

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where can I get the “auto-conversion plugin”?

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### Author: ![gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/gungang)
#### Post date: [28 July 2022 06:26 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/9 "2022-07-28T06:26:24Z")

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I have tested: if unplug “USB-DAC”, voice can output from 3.5 of PC.

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [28 July 2022 07:31 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/10 "2022-07-28T07:31:03Z")

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Welcome to our community.

> [@gungang](#):
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> because I’m nenw user,only one JPG.

Most of the information could have been copied directly from SSH terminal via copy/past. Usually there is no need to create that much screen prints 😉

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### Author: ![MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/michaing/32/7_2.png) [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)
#### Post date: [28 July 2022 14:42 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/11 "2022-07-28T14:42:42Z")

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> [@gungang](#):
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> where can I get the “auto-conversion plugin”?

See the option in your 2nd screenshot (`dietpi-config`) 🙂.

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### Author: ![gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gungang](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/gungang)
#### Post date: [29 July 2022 01:03 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/12 "2022-07-29T01:03:28Z")

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I try it. but trouble still exist.

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### Author: ![MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/michaing/32/7_2.png) [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)
#### Post date: [2 August 2022 04:36 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-voice-from-usb-dac/13816/13 "2022-08-02T04:36:58Z")

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Does the following produce any noise?

```bash
speaker-test

```
