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

[Paulgir]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:34:14 +1200, Mark Kendall <markk at kc.net.nz> wrote:

> It's been several years since I looked at my settings but in case these  
> are
> of any help here are my settings (BTW I don't know if theses are great
> settings or not, they work well enough for me at the moment though)
>
> On my server my asound.conf is simply (and I think I have sound going
> through hdmi but for historic reasons there's two sets of speakers hooked
> up)
>
> pcm.!default {
>    type plug
>    slave {
>        pcm "hw:1,7"
>        rate 48000
>    }
> }
>
> My front end's asound.conf (which definitely uses HDMI) is
> pcm.dmixer {
> type dmix
> ipc_key 1024
> ipc_key_add_uid false
> ipc_perm 0660
> slave {
> pcm "hw:0,3"
> rate 48000
> channels 2
> format S32_LE
> period_time 0
> period_size 1024
> buffer_time 0
> buffer_size 4096
> }
> }
>
> pcm.!default {
> type plug
> slave.pcm "dmixer"
> }
>

Thanks,I will try some variation of that.I have HDMI going to the TV then  
sound going from that to a high end stereo system.