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

Daryl McDonald darylangela at gmail.com
Sun Apr 1 12:24:11 UTC 2018


On Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 3:37 AM John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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Have you tried adjusting Ubuntu's sound settings? Launch settings (the gear
icon), click on sound and highlight the one that says HDMI out. You can run
a quick sound test there too.

>
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