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[penger10]

 I thought this would be easier  ? but I'm a relative newbie to linux (mint) and may not have my settings correct.  When I go into playback options/audio device there are several device options with iFi mentioned. I tried all of them, but none worked. I guess I need the help of the collective JR community to see if it can be brought to life or needs to be returned.  What info do I need to supply to troubleshoot this?  I just used the ALSA device for my motherboard originally.

Here's my sysinfo:

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-94-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P5Q v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2102 date: 04/07/2009
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400 Plus serial: <filter>
    charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported>
    arch: Core Yorkfield rev: A cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2051 high: 2120 min/max: 2003/2670 cores: 1: 2087 2: 2120 3: 2000 4: 2000
    bogomips: 21330
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Pitcairn XT [Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition] vendor: PC Partner driver: radeon
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-I-1,DVI-I-2
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6818 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: ati,radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 144 s-size: 452x254mm (17.8x10.0") s-diag: 518mm (20.4")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 mapped: HDMI-A-1 model: Samsung res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 406
    size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.5") diag: 184mm (7.2") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  OpenGL: renderer: PITCAIRN ( LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 2.50 5.15.0-94-generic)
    v: 4.5 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801JI HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:3a3e class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series]
    vendor: PC Partner driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:aab0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: XMOS iFi (by AMR) HD USB Audio type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    bus-ID: 9-3.4:3 chip-ID: 20b1:3008 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-94-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: ATL1E v: N/A pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: dc00 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 1969:1026 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-2.1:3
    chip-ID: 0a5c:21e8 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0
    sub-v: 220e hci-v: 4.0 rev: 1000
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 6.48 TiB used: 3.96 TiB (61.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD1001FALS-00J7B0 size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0K05 scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD PM830 2.5 7mm 128GB size: 119.24 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3D1Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD Elements 25A3 size: 5.46 TiB
    type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1021 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 116.32 GiB used: 25.81 GiB (22.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb3
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 512 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 2-2:2 info: Terminus Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 1a40:0101 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-2.1:3 info: Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 0a5c:21e8 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 2-2.2:4 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
    driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 7-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 8-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-10: 9-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-11: 9-3:2 info: VIA Labs USB2.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 2109:2817
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 9-3.4:3 info: XMOS iFi (by AMR) HD USB Audio type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 20b1:3008 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Hub-12: 10-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-13: 10-3:2 info: VIA Labs USB3.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 2109:0817
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 10-4:3 info: Western Digital Elements Desktop (WDBWLG) type: Mass Storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 5 Gb/s power: 8mA chip-ID: 1058:25a3
    class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.5 C mobo: 36.0 C gpu: radeon temp: 42.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1962 psu: 0 case-1: 0 case-2: 0
  Power: 12v: 12.04 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.30 vbat: N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2713 apt: 2706 flatpak: 7
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/inkscape_dev-stable-jammy.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/inkscape_dev-stable-jammy.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com virginia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
  Processes: 244 Uptime: 2h 23m wakeups: 6 Memory: 7.75 GiB used: 2.15 GiB (27.7%) Init: systemd
  v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Cinnamon v: 6.0.4 inxi: 3.3.13

[Awesome Donkey]

Try posting the results of this command in the terminal...

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/usr/lib/jriver/Media\ Center\ 31/alsacap

[penger10]

Thanks for the quick reply Awesome!
Here's the output:



*** Scanning for playback devices ***
ALSA lib conf.c:4002:(snd_config_hooks_call) Cannot open shared library libasound_module_conf_pulse.so (/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
ALSA lib control.c:1528:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
Error opening control interface for card 0: Device does not exist.  Skipping.
Card 1, ID `HDMI', name `HDA ATI HDMI'
  Device 3, ID `HDMI 0', name `HDMI 0', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 7, ID `HDMI 1', name `HDMI 1', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 8, ID `HDMI 2', name `HDMI 2', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 9, ID `HDMI 3', name `HDMI 3', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 10, ID `HDMI 4', name `HDMI 4', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 11, ID `HDMI 5', name `HDMI 5', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
Card 2, ID `Audio', name `iFi (by AMR) HD USB Audio'
  Device 0, ID `USB Audio', name `USB Audio', 1 subdevices (0 available)
Error opening sound device for card 2, device 0: Device or resource busy.  Skipping.

[Awesome Donkey]

Yeah, it detects it, but it gives off this...

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Error opening sound device for card 2, device 0: Device or resource busy.  Skipping.
Have you tried rebooting the system? Maybe change to a different USB port (one on a different USB controller if possible)?

The first part is kinda interesting too, it doesn't give off the libasound_module_conf_pulse error in my Mint virtual machine when using alsacap. The part about it being i386 is the most interesting thing here. You're not using the i386 (32-bit) version of Media Center, correct? You probably should be using the amd64 (64-bit) version. To check, the quickest way is in MC go to the Help menu > About Media Center... and in that window it should say (64-bit) at the top exactly like this...



If it doesn't say that, you're probably using the i386 (32-bit) version.

[mwillems]

Yeah, it detects it, but it gives off this...

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Error opening sound device for card 2, device 0: Device or resource busy.  Skipping.

Also, make sure the system sound card isn't set to use the Ifi; I've seen that error where the card was opened by the system mixer at the same time JRiver is trying to use the device.

[penger10]

Yeah, it detects it, but it gives off this...

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Error opening sound device for card 2, device 0: Device or resource busy.  Skipping.
Have you tried rebooting the system? Maybe change to a different USB port (one on a different USB controller if possible)?

The first part is kinda interesting too, it doesn't give off the libasound_module_conf_pulse error in my Mint virtual machine when using alsacap. The part about it being i386 is the most interesting thing here. You're not using the i386 (32-bit) version of Media Center, correct? You probably should be using the amd64 (64-bit) version. To check, the quickest way is in MC go to the Help menu > About Media Center... and in that window it should say (64-bit) at the top exactly like this...



If it doesn't say that, you're probably using the i386 (32-bit) version.

UGH!  Feeling stupid right now.  You are right on both points, it is the 32 bit version of JRiver, don't know how I missed that, but I'll get the 64 bit version and install that.  I rebooted and now I'm at least getting some nice sound out of it.  I still can't find the iFi menu where it lists the bitrates and bit depth available. Isn't there  some menu item in JR that tells what's happening to the signal?  Redid the terminal output (below) and at least Card2 looks promising now.  I'm not out of the woods yet, but there's hope at least...
Thank you!


I redid the terminal command:

*** Scanning for playback devices ***
ALSA lib conf.c:4002:(snd_config_hooks_call) Cannot open shared library libasound_module_conf_pulse.so (/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
ALSA lib control.c:1528:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
Error opening control interface for card 0: Device does not exist.  Skipping.
Card 1, ID `HDMI', name `HDA ATI HDMI'
  Device 3, ID `HDMI 0', name `HDMI 0', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 7, ID `HDMI 1', name `HDMI 1', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 8, ID `HDMI 2', name `HDMI 2', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 9, ID `HDMI 3', name `HDMI 3', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 10, ID `HDMI 4', name `HDMI 4', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 11, ID `HDMI 5', name `HDMI 5', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
Card 2, ID `Audio', name `iFi (by AMR) HD USB Audio'
  Device 0, ID `USB Audio', name `USB Audio', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2 channels, sampling rates 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000, 352800, 384000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE, SPECIAL, S24_3LE, DSD_U32_BE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'

[penger10]

Awsome Donkey,
                           I wasn't sure where to post this.  I looked at my install, which was done with this file MediaCenter-31.0.36.deb. I used that file because I think it said it would install JRiver more or less automatically, good if you're a noob.   I'm not sure what to download to get the 64bit version???

Thanks,

penger10

[Awesome Donkey]

31.0.36 is a really old version of MC31. You can get the latest version here: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,137411.0.html

You want the Linux amd64 build for 64-bit. Just make sure you remove mediacenter31:i386 first though.

[penger10]

Thanks for the link Awesome Donkey, guess I know what I'll be doing this morning!

Also a big thanks to mwillems for the heads up on system sounds not playing well with MC!

[penger10]

Today I ended up doing a clean install of Linux Mint & the proper 64bit JRiver MC file AND IT WORKS! My iFi zen DAC indicates the proper bitrates for the files I'm playing and the audio path on MC agrees.  I ended up using the iFi audio device preceded by Front:  Now the audio is playing great!  Thanks for the help everyone!

I only have a stereo (2 channel) system and I'm not sure what I need to do about playing videos from my library.  I don't get any dialog with my current Sound settings, just music and some effects.  Celluloid plays it fine, so I'm assuming my 'bit perfect' settings I like for might need to be changed for movies?

BTW, this is the output for the terminal command yet again:

** Scanning for playback devices ***
Card 0, ID `HDMI', name `HDA ATI HDMI'
  Device 3, ID `HDMI 0', name `HDMI 0', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 7, ID `HDMI 1', name `HDMI 1', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 8, ID `HDMI 2', name `HDMI 2', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 9, ID `HDMI 3', name `HDMI 3', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 10, ID `HDMI 4', name `HDMI 4', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 11, ID `HDMI 5', name `HDMI 5', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
Card 1, ID `Audio', name `iFi (by AMR) HD USB Audio'
  Device 0, ID `USB Audio', name `USB Audio', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2 channels, sampling rates 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000, 352800, 384000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE, SPECIAL, S24_3LE, DSD_U32_BE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'

[bob]

Today I ended up doing a clean install of Linux Mint & the proper 64bit JRiver MC file AND IT WORKS! My iFi zen DAC indicates the proper bitrates for the files I'm playing and the audio path on MC agrees.  I ended up using the iFi audio device preceded by Front:  Now the audio is playing great!  Thanks for the help everyone!

I only have a stereo (2 channel) system and I'm not sure what I need to do about playing videos from my library.  I don't get any dialog with my current Sound settings, just music and some effects.  Celluloid plays it fine, so I'm assuming my 'bit perfect' settings I like for might need to be changed for movies?

BTW, this is the output for the terminal command yet again:

** Scanning for playback devices ***
Card 0, ID `HDMI', name `HDA ATI HDMI'
  Device 3, ID `HDMI 0', name `HDMI 0', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 7, ID `HDMI 1', name `HDMI 1', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 8, ID `HDMI 2', name `HDMI 2', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 9, ID `HDMI 3', name `HDMI 3', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 10, ID `HDMI 4', name `HDMI 4', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
  Device 11, ID `HDMI 5', name `HDMI 5', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
Card 1, ID `Audio', name `iFi (by AMR) HD USB Audio'
  Device 0, ID `USB Audio', name `USB Audio', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2 channels, sampling rates 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000, 352800, 384000 Hz
    Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE, SPECIAL, S24_3LE, DSD_U32_BE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'

You probably need to use MC's DSP studio to mix down multitrack to stereo.
Choose 2 channel output and JRSS mixing.
If the source is stereo it won't be touched.

[penger10]

Thank you Bob!  That was exactly the info I needed.  EVERYTHING is working properly now.
Can't thank you all enough for helping me troubleshoot my install.  I really wanted to get this running under Linux. My HTPC that I use is too old to upgrade to WIN11 as it doesn't have the TPM chip.  I really didn't want to have to buy a new system, being retired and all, and now I don't need to!  Working Great! 

penger10