HDMI out to TV, no sound

[Thomas Milne]

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Thomas Milne
<thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

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> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Lennart Sorensen <
> lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 06:08:56PM -0400, Thomas Milne wrote:
>> > I've googled this, and I can't find a straight answer:
>> >
>> > If I have an HDMI out on my video card, and I connect to my TV, is that
>> all
>> > I need? Should that convey the sound? The manual for the video card says
>> > nothing on the subject. There were no extra cables or anything, though
>> some
>> > people seem to be saying you need to connect the video card to a sound
>> > device?
>>
>> Some video cards have audio support.  Many do not.
>>
>> You would have to use the video card's audio device for sound output to
>> get sound on HDMI.  Some video cards needed an spdif cable connected to
>> the sound to transfer the audio.
>>
>> On my laptop in alsamixer I see:
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>> Card: HDA Intel
>> Chip: Nvidia MCP77/78 HDMI
>>
>> So I suspect it would be connected correctly if I tried HDMI (I never
>> have so far).
>>
>> /proc/asound/cards only shows one audio device in this case.
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> My card only has VGA, DVI, and HDMI. No sound outputs. The thing is mostly
> just a huge heatsink, really ;)
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And of course, this video card mocks me and reminds me that I have a crappy
720p TV :-( The movies play fine and they look good, but the desktop and
applications would look way better at 1080p.

Someday.

-- 
Thomas Milne
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