[Linux] GIT 13 Feb and the "thirty audio output devices"!

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I think this happen from beta3. My system has an Audigy2 sound card and a nvidia gts450. I can not select the HDMI output device from the list of thirty:

Defaults (ALSA)
iec958 (ALSA)
HDMI (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - default - 0 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - iec958 - 0 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - hdmi - 0 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - default - 1 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - iec958 - 1 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - hdmi - 1 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - default - 2 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - iec958 - 2 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - hdmi - 2 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - default - 3 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - iec958 - 3 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - hdmi - 3 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - default - 4 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - iec958 - 4 (ALSA)
SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] - hdmi - 4 (ALSA)
HDA NVidia - default - 3 (ALSA)
HDA NVidia - iec958 - 3 (ALSA)
HDA NVidia - hdmi - 3 (ALSA)
HDA NVidia - default - 7 (ALSA)
HDA NVidia - iec958 - 7 (ALSA)
HDA NVidia - hdmi - 7 (ALSA)
HDA NVidia - default - 8 (ALSA)
HDA NVidia - iec958 - 8 (ALSA)
HDA NVidia - hdmi - 8 (ALSA)
HDA NVidia - default - 9 (ALSA)
HDA NVidia - iec958 - 9 (ALSA)
HDA NVidia - hdmi - 9 (ALSA)


The correct device should be "HDA NVidia - hdmi - 3 (ALSA)" but does not work unless insert custom "ALSA:hdmi:CARD=NVIDIA." After inserting the custom device if I select "HDA NVidia - hdmi - 3 (ALSA)" then the sound works.

P.S. can I filter this list to obtain just the two that I use? ("Defaults (ALSA)" for audigy2 and "HDA NVidia - hdmi - 3 (ALSA)" for nvidia hdmi)
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