[mythtv-users] GT-430 HDMI Audio Problem

Brent Bolin brent.bolin at gmail.com
Tue Jan 10 13:11:13 UTC 2012


On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Chris Lewis <chrislewis915 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On my 430 I have to use device 0,9. I can't remember the syntax to tell
> speaker-test which device to use and I'm not at my box right now, try man
> speaker-test or something.  Then try all devices 0,3,7 and 9 until you find
> one which works. Then choose that one in the frontend
>
> What I cant get working is the sound from flash on websites (bbc iplayer and
> the like) I remember having to modify some config file to point pulse audio
> at the correct device but I can't remember which file or what the changes
> were!
>
> Chris
>
> On 10 Jan 2012 05:00, "Kirk Bocek" <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
> I'm having trouble getting HDMI audio out on a PNY GT430. This is a
> MythTV box that originally had a GT220 in it that was running fine with
> HDMI audio out until the card died. I couldn't find any GT220s and am
> trying to get this GT430 up.
>
> CentOS 5.7 x86_64 with current updates. All packages from ATrpms. Nvidia
> 275.36 installed. Alsa 1.0.24 kmdls, utils and drivers installed.
>
> Card is not muted in alsamixer.
>
> $aplay -l
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC662 rev1 Digital [ALC662 rev1
> Digital]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>
> Card is clearly connected, I get an image on the screen through the
> stereo. But running speaker-test, I get nothing:
>
>
> $speaker-test -c 2 -r 48000 -D hw:1,3
>
> speaker-test 1.0.24.2
>
> Playback device is hw:1,3
> Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
> Using 16 octaves of pink noise
> Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
> Buffer size range from 64 to 16384
> Period size range from 32 to 8192
> Using max buffer size 16384
> Periods = 4
> was set period_size = 4096
> was set buffer_size = 16384
> 0 - Front Left
> 1 - Front Right
> Time per period = 5.634415
>
>
> Does anyone have any ideas? As I said, this setup was working with a
> GT-220. I was forced to upgrade from CentOS 5.5 to 5.7 after installing
> the 430 so I must have missed something.
>
> Thanks,
> Kirk Bocek
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Mythweb indicates this on my GT430 setup -

ALSA:hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3

Using a gigabyte mb that has sound, so other devices show up with aplay -l


aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC889 Analog [ALC889 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC889 Digital [ALC889 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


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