Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:52:00 +0200 From: Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Audio out via HDMI... how? Message-ID: <50740FE0.5000508@bananmonarki.se> In-Reply-To: <28733.1349783186@tristatelogic.com> References: <28733.1349783186@tristatelogic.com>
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2012-10-09 13:46, Ronald F. Guilmette skrev: > > > 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) As root sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=2 > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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