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

[Paulgir]

>>>
>>> My recommendation sis to get rid of pulse on a media PC. It is just  
>>> evil.
>>
>>
>> What do you use as an alternative to pulse ,Nick?
>
> alsa provides perfectly good audio capabilities until you want system
> sounds or other applications' audio mixed with your myth/xbmc output.
> And frankly, for a dedicated media PC, why would you?
>
> Also pulse doesn't do HD audio.

I wanted to watch an "On demand" program via the desktop browser.Is there  
a way to do this in MythTV that I have not cottoned onto yet?I have since  
found out,though,that TVNZ's on demand viewer does not work for Linux  
browsers since a recent Adobe Flash update.