[mythtv-users] Complication(s) with display upgrade - need help

[John Pilkington]

On 01/04/18 02:04, Craig Huff wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 7:20 PM, Craig Huff <huffcslists at gmail.com 
> <mailto:huffcslists at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I am now trying to get another frontend system to work with the new
>     TV, but I'm still unable to fathom how to get the audio working
>     through the HDMI cable.  I just purchased this
>     <https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127930>
>     MSI GeForce GT710 low profile video adapter. The on-board video
>     adapter did not provide HDMI and I wasn't able to get audio fed thru
>     the DVI port with a DVI to HDMI adapter that was billed as
>     supporting audio pass-thru. I'm still unable to get audio to the TV
>     via the HDMI cable, even with the new video adapter's native HDMI port.
> 
>     Unless there's some trick to the "right" settings in the frontend
>     Setup > Audio > Audio System screen, or another place (in
>     addition/instead) that I need to make changes (or make settings and
>     reboot?), I'm stumped and need help.
> 
>     FWIW, I'm currently running  Myth v0.27.6 on Ubuntu 14.04.5.
> 
>     Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> More info:
>  > lspci
> ...
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 128b (rev a1)
> 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller 
> (rev a1)
> ...
> 
>  > lspci -s 01:00.1 -v
> 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller 
> (rev a1)
> ...
>              Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
>              ...
>              Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
> 
> So, at least it appears that there is a recognized sound device on the 
> video adapter.  I tried disabling the motherboard audio and motherboard 
> HDMI BIOS settings (both at once), but that didn't lead to success.
> 

I have the same two devices with kde/fedora. Does this help?
https://lists.gt.net/mythtv/users/616477#616477

John P