Changing back to new.. and can also add that it still happens even after the wave of updates that has been coming since my original report. Fully up-to-date as of right now and after the reboot, the audio was at analog instead of HDMI.
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1299786 Title: Sometimes no audio, output changed to S/PDIF To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1299786/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs