[mythtv-users] How to get sound out via HDMI

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Ashu,

Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 8:28:44 PM, you wrote:





> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hoi Ashu,
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>  Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 8:14:03 PM, you wrote:
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 >> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
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 >> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Nick Morrott
 >> <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
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 >> On 7 March 2017 at 16:19, Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
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  >>> Having got a new receiver - I now need to get my video and audio both out
  >>> via HDMI.
  >>>
  >>> I tried changing the "Setup/Audio/Rescan" and tried to add the
  >>> "ALSA:hdmi:CARD:NVDIA:dev=0"
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  >>> no sound comes out.
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  >>> I tried changing from dev=0 to dev=3  (from aplay -l above) - did nothing.
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  >>> Can someone please help me get this?
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 >>  Ash,
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 >>  Can you fire up alsamixer to make sure the HDMI output is not muted?
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 >>  I had this issue on a fresh Debian install some years ago using an
 >>  Acer Revo (Atom 330). I unmuted the HDMI output and it "just worked".
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 >>  Cheers,
 >>  Nick
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 >>  --
 >>  Nick Morrott
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 >> Nick
 >> Here's my 3rd try - seems email size was too big due to the attachment so used this.
 >> http://i67.tinypic.com/2quu1hg.png
 >> Not sure which one needs to be unmuted. Pls let me know
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 >> Ash
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>  In alsamixer press F6 and select for nvidia HDMI "HDA NVidia".
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>  Tot mails,
>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
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> Hello Hika


> I selected F6 - does it matter where I am at when selecting it? I did it - and pressed escape.


> However, the next time I did alsamixer again - it again shows "default" - not the HDA Nvidia


> Is there a way to save this?


It by default shows the default card. HDMI rarely is the default. At
the top of the alsamixer screen you see those keys described. If you
go to "man alsamixer" you get more info. Just unmute all mixers in the
hda nvidia screen.



Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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