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

[Paulgir]

>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>> Edit:Sorry,typo:
>>> When I run alsamixer it looks like the volumes for  4 spdif outputs  
>>> are at
>>> 00 (not MM)
>>> But I can't increase them as I can with the other outputs.
>>> Paul
>>
>> 00 is good.  MM means muted.  There should not be a volume control bar
>> above SPDIF outputs on a mixer as they do not have volume controls.
>> But of course they are affected by volume controls in the path to
>> them.  Especially the pesky Pulse Audio - so now you need to install a
>> Pulse Audio mixer and check that.  Recent versions of Mythbuntu do
>> install Pulse Audio, although it is not particularly apparent that
>> they have done it.  I have heard it is possible to uninstall it, but
>> all I found I needed to do was use its mixer to unmute things and set
>> the volume settings to maximum.
>
>
> 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?