No sound from Steam Deck in 'manual' internal speaker mode.

[Cmdr Henparty]

Hi, I was referred here by the Steam Support team after submitting a ticket.

I would like to dock my steamdeck to a monitor that has no speakers, playing sound from the steamdeck's internal speakers.

In desktop mode this works fine, you may select the speaker you wish to hear from.

In console mode the settings for 'Audio' allow for Auto, External, or Speakers. While Undocked Auto is fine as it selects internal speakers. While docked it defaults to external which I can't make use of.

However if I choose (internal( Speakers no sound plays, no games audio, no UI audio.

While undocked, (default-auto) plays internal speakers fine, but if you choose Speakers from the list, no sound plays.

So there's something wrong with audio switching in console mode. I am using an original 512gb, no microsd, latest stable version, bluetooth off.

Cheers

[grape]

I see this exact same issue, Original 256Gb Deck, latest Stable OS and Client (and bluetooth on in my case but just for a Steam Controller, not audio).

I'm not using a dock, just a generic USB-C <-> HDMI adaptor which works well and passes picture and sound to a TV.

I have found a workaround is to enter Desktop mode and _disable_ the HDMI audio device completely in the mixer rather than just switching it to it (otherwise it'll switch back as soon as I leave desktop mode). This is obviously an annoying manual way to do it so I'm fairly sure it's a bug.

[Granbull]

Got the same issue here ever since the 3.5 update (or maybe the one after 3.5).
It also broke the microphone for me, none of the inputs have the built-in noise supressing feature that worked like a charm a few months ago.

[hryu]

The same thing happened to my oled device but this was somehow resolved after adjusting the volume slider on the quick setting

[Piorn]

I have the same issue, and even made a post on this board.

I played docked with headphones around the release of the 3.5 firmware. Afterwards, when docked, the internal speakers won't work.

Haven't found a workaround, and it has severely impacted my experience with the Deck.

[grape]

Has anyone raised this with steam support? Looks like a genuine issue and not just something we're doing wrong...

[Cmdr Henparty]

I raised it specifically with Steam support, they gave me basic advice and confirmed I was running Stable etc then advised:
Thank you for following up with us.

We're currently collecting bug reports as we resolve any outstanding issues with the Steam Deck. I'm sorry but we currently don't have a fix for you.

Please create a report in the Steam Dock Discussions with a brief description, the steps that can be taken to reproduce it, as well as any other information that seems relevant. This forum is regularly read by Valve's Steam Deck development team.

We really appreciate your help with this process.

Steam Support
Jean-Pierre

[Piorn]

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1285#issuecomment-1841911587 this seems to be relevant, it's on the official git.

[derram]

Same issue on 3.5.11.

If the deck boots without a display connected the speakers will work, connecting a display causes it to switch to the external device and kills the audio, the audio does not come back after unplugging the external display.

Sound is being pumped to the external device. One of the monitors I use for the deck does have speakers, but switching it to the internal speakers doesn't work with that display either.

The speakers will play a short bit of sound from the startup video when booting when an external display is connected, which is a different bug, but shows the speakers do work in game mode.

I also just reimaged the deck a few days ago.

[QueckSilber]

No sound.. No speaker option.. I try all thinks.. Help plz

[Piorn]

Originally posted by QueckSilber:

No sound.. No speaker option.. I try all thinks.. Help plz

Go into desktop mode, and perform these commands in the terminal.

>sudo steamos-readonly disable
>sudo mv /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/filter-chain-sink.conf /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/filter-chain-sink.conf.bak
>sudo mv /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/virtual-sink.conf /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/virtual-sink.conf.bak
>sudo steamos-readonly enable

Then restart.

[QueckSilber]

Originally posted by Piorn:

Originally posted by QueckSilber:

No sound.. No speaker option.. I try all thinks.. Help plz

Go into desktop mode, and perform these commands in the terminal.

>sudo steamos-readonly disable
>sudo mv /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/filter-chain-sink.conf /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/filter-chain-sink.conf.bak
>sudo mv /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/virtual-sink.conf /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/virtual-sink.conf.bak
>sudo steamos-readonly enable

Then restart.

I do... Show interactive he show me now. But no acp or speaker.. Steamgame mode said auto null

[Moonchild]

I'm having exactly the same issue. Anyone have an update/fix?

[QueckSilber]

Originally posted by Moonchild:

I'm having exactly the same issue. Anyone have an update/fix?

Nope... I send the device back and become a new device from valve.. I try all thinks what I found in the world wide web....

[Piorn]

Originally posted by Moonchild:

I'm having exactly the same issue. Anyone have an update/fix?

Did you try my solution? It worked for me?

[Slater]

Originally posted by Piorn:

I have the same issue, and even made a post on this board.

I played docked with headphones around the release of the 3.5 firmware. Afterwards, when docked, the internal speakers won't work.

Haven't found a workaround, and it has severely impacted my experience with the Deck.

The best fix I have found is going into desktop mode, making your way to the sound setting and turning of the pro controller. It's the card that is connected to the headphone jack. No Jack? No confusion!