i am very sorry if this is a bad explanation. I kinda dove deep and went with Linux and my first time using a VR headset.
My setup is Arch with KDE and Nvidia.
I am using the .tar install method
my GPU is the 4070TI Super using closed source proptiary drivers version 575.64
in my audio settings of ALVR ( 20.14.1) i have set it to use headset speaker and microphone.
the video feed comes though fine ( tho a bit glitchy but that is probably me needing to tweak stuff ) but there is no audio. when i go over to my system i can't see any new audio device in my list.
The logs don't seem to mention anything regarding audio
logs here are me loading into steam vr and starting "the lab"
15:37:10.155 WARNING Make sure you have put the following line in your SteamVR launch options and restart it:
/home/stigvm/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/bin/vrmonitor.sh %command%
15:37:10.164 INFO GPU supports H264 profile.
15:37:10.164 INFO GPU supports HEVC profile.
15:37:13.391 INFO Server connected
15:38:10.609 INFO Initial socket buffer size: send: 87040B, recv: 131072B
15:38:10.634 INFO Initial socket buffer size: send: 212992B, recv: 212992B
15:38:10.634 INFO Set socket send buffer succeeded: 425984
15:38:10.634 INFO Set socket recv buffer succeeded: 425984
15:38:10.636 INFO Render Target: 5632 2944
15:38:10.636 INFO Refresh Rate: 90
15:38:10.654 INFO Received new playspace with size: [1.2534235, 1.4887586]
15:38:10.681 INFO CEncoder::Run
15:38:10.681 INFO CEncoder Listening
15:38:10.785 INFO CEncoder client connected, pid 46951, cmdline /home/stigvm/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/bin/linux64/vrcompositor
15:38:10.842 INFO Using Vulkan device NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
15:38:11.049 INFO Using device path /dev/dri/renderD128
15:38:11.055 INFO FrameRender: Input size 5632x2944
15:38:11.055 INFO FrameRender: Output size 4096x1984
15:38:11.205 INFO Using NvEnc encoder
15:39:29.708 WARNING Desync detected. Attempting recovery.
15:39:29.879 WARNING Desync detected. Attempting recovery.
15:39:54.417 INFO Server disconnected
thank you for any help :)