Bug 514362 - Game not seeing surround sound.
Summary: Game not seeing surround sound.
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_pulseaudio (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.5.4
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2026-01-09 10:05 UTC by Paul
Modified: 2026-01-09 22:12 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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2026-01-09 10:05 UTC, Paul 		Details
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Description Paul 2026-01-09 10:05:17 UTC 
Created attachment 188348 [details]
7.1 Sound test

SUMMARY
Non of my games seem to play surround sound. Just in stereo. Exp: Garry's Mod only show stereo in the audio menu. While Black Mesa is set for 7.1, all I hear is stereo.
7.1 sound tests in Bazzite works fine.
Using GPU HDMI out to surround sound receiver.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Bazzite 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.17.7-ba22.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 64 GiB of RAM (60.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Graphics Processor 2: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2026-01-09 22:12:22 UTC 
Thanks for the report.

If the sound test is working as expected that means there's no issue in KDE software. The game's audio not working suggests a problem with the game, not the Plasma desktop. 

I'd recommend you contact the game's support channels