[mythtvnz] Mythbuntu 9.10 HDMI audio for nvidia?

[Mark Kendall]

I gave up getting HDMI sound to work with my Zotac ION board after
upgrading to the 185 drivers.  I found lots of references to problems
with the 185 drivers and HDMI sound not working at the time.

Mark


On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 09:47 +1300, Stuart Whelan wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Stuart Whelan
> > <mythtv at somepointinthefuture.co.nz> wrote:
> > You have given us little to go on. What card? What steps have you
> > takne? With what result?
> >
> > Have you read this?:
> >
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/AllensDigitalAudioHowto
> 
> I had not found that one, thanks for the link.
> 
> I am using a Galaxy GeForce 9500GT connected to a Sony LCD TV.
> 
> The TV is connected via a DVI -> HDMI cable.
> 
> The OS is pretty much an out of the box Mythbuntu 9.10 with a system
> update run as of yesterday.
> 
> I am using the nividia 185.18 drivers.
> 
> Previous to this I was connecting to the TV using a DVI -> VGA and an
> audio cable from the on-board sound card to RCA audio in on the TV.
> 
> I have run alsamixer and enabled the IEC958 output.
> 
> Last night I tried the various MythTv frontend settings for "Audio
> output device" and "Passthrough output device". Some of the options
> included an option for HDMI output, but I was unable to hear anything
> no matter what settings I tried.
> 
> I did not change the "Max Audio Channels" setting, and I had the
> aggressive sound buffering turned on, so that are two things for me to
> try.
> 
> However I did notice this:
> --
> frontend at frontend:/var/log$ aplay -l
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> --
> 
> No HDMI mentioned there, although I am running the command from work
> and the TV may be switched off. Not sure if that matters.
> 
> When I started the thread I was more looking for a 'No, it doesnt work
> yet' or a 'Yes, it should work', thus the lack of info.
> 
> Thanks the quick reply!
> Stuart.
> 
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