Audio out via HDMI... how?
Ronald F. Guilmette
rfg at tristatelogic.com
Tue Oct 9 11:46:33 UTC 2012
I have a laptop which has an HDMI output port.
I can get video out of that (with xbmc) just fine. Audio, not so much.
Like not at all, as far as I can tell.
So anyway, here is what I get when I do "cat /dev/sndstat":
pcm0: <HDA Realtek ALC888 PCM #0 Analog> (play/rec) default
pcm1: <HDA Realtek ALC888 PCM #1 Analog> (rec)
pcm2: <HDA Intel Cantiga HDMI PCM #0 HDMI> (play)
I have the HDMI output wired into my everything-capable Sony 5.1 channel
receiver, which then in turn is wired into my 4 (count 'em four) speakers.
OK, so now, could somebody please just tell me how I can do a test
that will determine why I ain't gettin' no audio?
The receiver is capable of decoding 5.1 DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, and eveything
else too. It is working just fine.. not a thing wrong with it. It works
great with my Blu-Ray player and does the digital->analog decoding for
anything and everything I throw at it.
Again, I just want to know how to _test_ doing some output to that from
my laptop, via HDMI. I tried these things, but not a sound was heard:
cat /dev/random > /dev/dsp
cat /dev/random > /dev/dsp2
The FreeBSD handbook page that deal with setiing up audio cards doesn't
provide a whole lot of guidance for how to test and/or fix digital audio
output, whether it is coming out via HDMI (as in my case) or via any other
kind of physical transport (e.g. coax or S/PDIF).
Somwebody please pass me a clue. I'd really like to get this working.
Thanks.
P.S. If I have to downmix to 2ch in xbmc before the audio even hits the
HDMI cable, I could even live with that. Bu right now, as far as I can
tell, I can't get _any_ audio flowing down that cable, period.
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