Routing sound to dell usb sound bar ac511 not working
I've had an issue with a Dell USB sound bar (ac 511) on Ubuntu 20.04, where the sound bar shows up in the sound tab of gnome "Settings" app. When I hit my shortcuts for turning up or down the volume, I can hear the beeps from the sound bar itself, but when I play any sound via e.g. YouTube, it plays via the built in speakers on my computer and the test sounds do as well. I was able to route the sound to the sound bar using pavucontrol, but the test sounds from "Settings" are still routed to the internal speakers. This seems to be a bug that a number of people face and I unfortunately am not versed enough to diagnose this further.