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4 years ago in the Patchbay so called "sockets", you must always use the original system names for the "Cient" and "Plugs" ("Ports"); the renamed or aliases names you change while on the Graph (or Connections) won't work ever.
IOW. on each so called Patchbay "Socket" entry you can set whatever names you like for a socket's "Name", but not so for "Client" or "Ports" which have to be named after the precise JACK system client/port names (or a regular-expression thereof).
so you probably need to use "system" and "playback_"N instead of whatever names you set there as "Alienware X51...", "Line Out...", etc.
please, check that ou if that's the case.
Using QJackCtl-0.6.3 on Ubuntu 20.04.1 Studio GNOME version 3.36.3 X11 on an Alienware X51 R2 with a NVidia Geforce GTX760 graphics card. To utilize HDMI output I must open a terminal and at the command prompt run: alsa_out -j "NVidia HDMI" -d hw:2,7 (whereas "NVidia HDMI" is the name I've given and hw:2,7 corresponds to the card and device on my system.) With the terminal still open I go to QJackCTL and click on "Graphs" My "NVidia HDMI" is now visible and I can connect "pulse_out" to it. I now get sound through HDMI.
In "Patchbay" I've setup my HDMI display on the "Inputs" and I've also renamed "system" and all system ports to correspond with "line out" and all the other outputs my "system" has to make it easier to identify what is what instead of "playback_1" etc. I save this setup with a given file name and "Activate"
Here is where my problems are and I think it is beta release issue but I have no experience with QjackCTL prior to this.
The Graph display doesn't show any of the names I have given in Patchbay. The connections I've made in Patchbay are not connected in graph or really at all. When I restart the system the Graph is not showing my NVidia HDMI anymore the connections are back to defaults. The Patchbay is showing everything; but to get the HDMI ports I have to run the terminal command line again and re-setup the graph. I don't think Patchbay and Graph are integrating correctly. I've tried using setup options to no avail.
Any suggestions? If more information is needed, I'm happy to help. Until my coding gets better I can assist with BETA testing and reporting. Thanks for the great software and all the time you've put into polishing this code.