[mythtv-users] Assistance with digital audio configuration requested

Daryl McDonald darylangela at gmail.com
Tue Aug 20 18:22:11 UTC 2013


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:

> >> > May I piggy-back a related question here?  On my FE/BE dual boot, I
> have
> >> > to
> >> > unplug the cord from the headphone jack on the PC to get audio on
> >> > Windows,
> >> > (it can stay plugged into the TV) and plug it back in for Ubuntu. I
> have
> >> > HDMI out of PC and HDMI into TV. Audio should work on the HDMI for
> both
> >> > scenario's shouldn't it?
> >> >
> >> I am a bit confused.... are you saying that plugging in your
> >> headphones mutes the HDMI in windows, but not in Ubuntu?
> >>
> > It's a 1/8" stereo patch cord from audio in on my TV going to the audio
> out
> > (aka headphone jack) of my PC. But yeah, when I unplug it from the PC I
> get
> > sound in windows (I assume through the HDMI) then I have to plug it back
> in
> > to get sound in Ubuntu. I would rather stay with Ubuntu but if I have to
> > switch (LG's blu-ray not supported in linux) it would be nice to have
> HDMI
> > audio in both cases.
>
> Most likely you just need to change your default audio device in
> Ubuntu to your video card's HDMI port.  I don't have an Ubuntu box in
> front of me (just mythbuntu), but if you look in the audio
> configuration panels, you should find something.  Assuming your system
> has drivers for the video card's sound capabilities.
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I have two options in sound output, analog and digital, neither function
with the patch cord unplugged and only the analog works with the cord in.
There was a disk with the video card for windows. Any idea how I could find
software for Ubuntu?

Daryl
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