[mythtvnz] Youtube et al audio through HDMI

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
> Greetings all
>
> As a new Mythbuntu user, I'm still tweaking the system to suit the way I
> do things!!
>
> Most things work apart from flash audio doesn't get to the HDMI output :(
>
> I have configured the mythtv audio setup, selecting the output that works
> OK and I'm happy with that. I had to make a similar entry for MythMusic as
> it doesn't appear to default to the same device. Anything using flash is
> silent so I've either got pulse getting in the way or my .asoundrc file is
> incorrect.
>
> I have studied the alsa setup using aplay which agrees with the selections
> within Myth as above.
>  $ aplay -l
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1
> Analog]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>
>
>  $ cat .asoundrc
> pcm.!default {
>       type hw
>       card 0
>       device 3
>  }
> ctl.!default {
>     type hw
>     card 0
>     device 3
> }
>
> Am I heading the right way with this or should I be adding the HDMI device
> to the pulseaudio config and setting that as the default.

I didn't think mythbuntu installed pulse, but perhaps times have
changed. I wouldn't want pulse anywhere near my media PC.

.asoundrc looks good but those device numbers can be confusing - start
at 0 and work your way up until it works! speaker-test can be helpful.