I've separated ION posts to provide more clarity, and more attention to this topic.
At your ALSA device list three devices have the same display name "HDA NVidia" (Analog, S/PDIF and HDMI). Seems like you or the system (naming confusion) have picked the wrong device:
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2024-02-10 19:42:37.553 T:924 debug <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - ALSA Initialized:
2024-02-10 19:42:37.553 T:924 debug <general>: Output Device : HDA NVidia
2024-02-10 19:42:37.553 T:924 debug <general>: Sample Rate : 44100
2024-02-10 19:42:37.553 T:924 debug <general>: Sample Format : AE_FMT_S32NE
2024-02-10 19:42:37.553 T:924 debug <general>: Channel Count : 2
2024-02-10 19:42:37.553 T:924 debug <general>: Channel Layout: FL, FR
2024-02-10 19:42:37.553 T:924 debug <general>: Frames : 464
2024-02-10 19:42:37.553 T:924 debug <general>: Frame Size : 8