S/PDIF audio stopped coming out after update. Should I roll back? If so, how?

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Hi all.

My digital output (S/PDIF) was working well until the last one or two updates I did. The other output is working fine, but I don’t use it because those are my crappy monitor speakers.
I found on the forum that audio has to do with the wireplumber software (Related Fedora Forum Chat).
I searched the web and found only somewhat related issues that do not really apply to my case (hardware not showing, pipewire suspends after restarting, etc.).
So I suspect it is the recent updates of pipewire since it is indeed some of the software that was updated in the last two weeks.
I am following the advice on the aforementioned chat to post the relevant info next.
My alsa log is ALSA LOG, and it has all relevant hardware info.
And the relevant upgrade transactions are:

gerado@fedora-at-cleopatra:~$ dnf history list pipewire
ID     | Command line                                   | Date and time    | Action(s)      | Altered
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    84 | upgrade                                        | 2024-05-18 12:22 | I, U           |   82 E<
    79 |                                                | 2024-05-01 16:17 | I, U           |  103 ><
    74 |                                                | 2024-03-21 20:21 | I, U           |  133 ><
    70 | upgrade                                        | 2024-02-13 08:04 | C, E, I, U     |  455 ><
    68 |                                                | 2024-01-16 07:58 | I, U           |  128 ><
    11 |                                                | 2023-12-16 11:37 | I, U           |  121 ><
     2 |                                                | 2023-12-06 23:37 | E, I, U        |  589 > 
     1 |                                                | 2023-10-31 19:05 | Install        | 1942 EE

So I guess it was either ID 84 or ID 79. The relevant history is the following. First 84:

gerado@fedora-at-cleopatra:~$ dnf history info 84
Transaction ID : 84
Begin time     : Sat 18 May 2024 12:22:58 PM CST
Begin rpmdb    : 5ad9399e1120c7843455c3feaf1b953969e39a079da0bdb90c6e4ebac4d47593
End time       : Sat 18 May 2024 12:23:58 PM CST (60 seconds)
End rpmdb      : 1483c968c1ccdef5e86724e524bb91b3bf486a6292004e721fff4279220f5b08
User           : <gerado>
Return-Code    : Success
Releasever     : 39
Command Line   : upgrade
Comment        : 
Packages Altered:
    Upgrade  pipewire-1.0.6-1.fc39.x86_64                         @updates
    Upgraded pipewire-1.0.5-1.fc39.x86_64                         @@System
    Upgrade  pipewire-alsa-1.0.6-1.fc39.x86_64                    @updates
    Upgraded pipewire-alsa-1.0.5-1.fc39.x86_64                    @@System
    Upgrade  pipewire-gstreamer-1.0.6-1.fc39.x86_64               @updates
    Upgraded pipewire-gstreamer-1.0.5-1.fc39.x86_64               @@System
    Upgrade  pipewire-libs-1.0.6-1.fc39.x86_64                    @updates
    Upgraded pipewire-libs-1.0.5-1.fc39.x86_64                    @@System
    Upgrade  pipewire-pulseaudio-1.0.6-1.fc39.x86_64              @updates
    Upgraded pipewire-pulseaudio-1.0.5-1.fc39.x86_64              @@System
    Upgrade  pipewire-utils-1.0.6-1.fc39.x86_64                   @updates
    Upgraded pipewire-utils-1.0.5-1.fc39.x86_64                   @@System

And next 79:

gerado@fedora-at-cleopatra:~$ dnf history info 79
Transaction ID : 79
Begin time     : Wed 01 May 2024 04:17:26 PM CST
Begin rpmdb    : 970a5bb7331497343e10049c92904a96d01e2b4d96698718266a3b1f1c7bb4e8
End time       : Wed 01 May 2024 04:18:51 PM CST (85 seconds)
End rpmdb      : 4f70a502e40c97028f25590f5049dbb7d45030f57306bebfa55148f9fce09818
User           : Super User <root>
Return-Code    : Success
Releasever     : 
Command Line   : 
Comment        : 
Packages Altered:
    Upgrade  pipewire-1.0.5-1.fc39.x86_64                                 @updates
    Upgrade  pipewire-alsa-1.0.5-1.fc39.x86_64                            @updates
    Upgrade  pipewire-gstreamer-1.0.5-1.fc39.x86_64                       @updates
    Upgrade  pipewire-libs-1.0.5-1.fc39.x86_64                            @updates
    Upgrade  pipewire-pulseaudio-1.0.5-1.fc39.x86_64                      @updates
    Upgrade  pipewire-utils-1.0.5-1.fc39.x86_64                           @updates
    Upgraded pipewire-1.0.4-2.fc39.x86_64                                 @@System
    Upgraded pipewire-alsa-1.0.4-2.fc39.x86_64                            @@System
    Upgraded pipewire-gstreamer-1.0.4-2.fc39.x86_64                       @@System
    Upgraded pipewire-libs-1.0.4-2.fc39.x86_64                            @@System
    Upgraded pipewire-pulseaudio-1.0.4-2.fc39.x86_64                      @@System
    Upgraded pipewire-utils-1.0.4-2.fc39.x86_64                           @@System

I would have tried rolling back these before posting here, but I don’t know how. And, of course, I would like to hear from someone experienced first :slight_smile: . I am no expert at all, so maybe I am just jumping to false conclusions!
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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My bad, I messed with my music hardware while cleaning my desk :roll_eyes: !