Use this script to get detailed reports on your Linux desktop about typical internal audio devices.

codec_prober.bash

#!/usr/bin/bash
count=0
arry_summary=()
find /proc/asound/card* -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -not -type d | grep -E 'codec\#[0-9]+' | \
while read -r filepath; do
	arry_summary=($(cat "${filepath}" | grep -E '^Address:|^Codec:|^Vendor Id:|^Subsystem Id:|^Revision Id:' | sed -e 's/: /:/g' -e 's/ /_/g'| sort))
	attr_address=$(echo ${arry_summary[0]} | awk -F':' '{print $2}')
	attr_codec=$(echo ${arry_summary[1]} | awk -F':' '{print $2}')
	attr_revision_id=$(echo ${arry_summary[2]} | awk -F':' '{print $2}')
	attr_subsystem_id=$(echo ${arry_summary[3]} | awk -F':' '{print $2}')
	attr_vendor_id=$(echo ${arry_summary[4]} | awk -F':' '{print $2}')
	attr_vid=${attr_vendor_id:2:4}
	attr_pid=${attr_vendor_id:6:4}
	path_write_to="/tmp/CODEC_${attr_address}-VID_${attr_vid^^}-PID_${attr_pid^^}-${attr_codec}.txt"
	echo "### ${filepath}  ###" | tee ${path_write_to}

	echo "SUMMARY:"
	for ((count=0; count<${#arry_summary[@]}; count++)); do
		echo -e "\t${arry_summary[count]}"
	done
	echo | tee ${path_write_to}
	cat "${filepath}" >> ${path_write_to}
	echo -e "\tA detailed report has been exported to \"${path_write_to}\"."
	echo
done