[mythtvnz] HDMI sound through AMD 780G Radeon HD 3200 in Mythbuntu

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Aaron Whitehouse
> <lists at whitehouse.org.nz> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have just upgraded my HTPC to one based on the AMD 780G chipset. This
>> chipset includes an HDMI out through a Radeon HD 3200. When I plug in
>> through that, the video works as expected, but the sound still uses the
>> speaker-out and so I get nothing on my TV (if you use HDMI for video on
>> the TV, you have to use the HDMI for the sound for that channel).
>>
>> I have tried tweaking the settings in alsamixer and tried changing the
>> settings in MythTV on the Utilities/Setup > Setup > General > Audio
>> page, but I don't really know what I am doing and nothing seems to work.
>> The card also has an S/PDIF out, which may complicate matters.
>>
>> I understand that the aim is to have all 5.1 sound go to the TV as-is,
>> and all other audio types sent to the TV as PCM.
>>
>> I am using the Free Radeon drivers and would prefer to continue doing so
>> unless there is a good reason to change to the non-Free ones.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>
>
> see if this helps(although it is mainly geared to nvidia I think)
>

oops heres the link

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/AllensDigitalAudioHowto