[mythtv-users] Nvidia 8400GS SPDIF/HDMI pass through.. how?

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Mon Oct 5 15:56:18 UTC 2009


On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 04:31:08PM +0100, Roy Lofthouse wrote:
> I've been pulling my hair out at this for two days now, but I can't
> seem to get my nvidia 8400GS to play sound via the HDMI.
> 
> I've connected the cable that comes with it from the onboard SPDIF
> header to the SPDIF (in) of the nv card, but I can't seem to get the
> thing working..
> 
> Maybe someone who has experience of this can help me out a bit?? :)
> 
> Once the cable is connected I presume I should just set my sound to
> play through the SPDIF connection?
> 
> aplay -l shows the following:
> 
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC880 Analog [ALC880 Analog]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC880 Digital [ALC880 Digital]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> 
> and I then run:
> 
> mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=0.2 <file> to try and test this, but
> nothing happens.. (no errors initially when running this)

...run alsamixer and make sure the HDMI output is not muted.

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