[mythtvnz] No HDMI sound output in desktop (Mythtv ok)

[Stephen Worthington]

On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 13:55:31 +1200, you wrote:

>On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:52:32 +1200, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I have been trying to get HDMI sound back for the Mythbuntu desktop by
>> modifying asound.conf.
>> It seems,looking at my notes that,
>>
>> pcm.!default {
>> 	type hw
>> 	card 1
>>            device 9
>> }
>>
>> worked in the past but it does not now.
>>
>> The command speaker-test -c 2 -D hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3  Will give me
>> sound through the speakers.But speaker-test -c 2   won't and I get  
>> nothing
>> when using a browser or VLC.
>> I've tried different numbers for Device= and looked at lots of threads  
>> but
>> I'm not having much luck.One question: do I need to reboot after  
>> modifying
>> asound.conf?
>>
>> Cheers  Paul
>
>
>Any help?

Have you checked to see if there is a mute or low volume control
setting in one of the mixers on that channel?  On my laptop, I had to
use alsamixer and also a GUI Pulse Audio mixer to make my HDMI audio
work.