HDMI Audio Out Issue 22 October 2022, 06:33:00 I'm a bit stumped on this, with my laptop - if I have the HDMI cable connected when I boot, the system recognizes the HDMI audio out no problem and I can get audio/video on the second monitor/TV. If I look in my audio mixer, I see the GF108 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) enabled and the Port: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (Plugged in).If the HDMI cable is not plugged in when the system boots, and I plug it in after the fact, it shows up as Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (unplugged) (unavailable)Seems like I have to be missing something so it doesn't need the HDMI plugged in at boot to recognize the audio. Thanks in advance!
Re: HDMI Audio Out Issue Reply #2 – 22 October 2022, 20:53:14 Pulseaudio, seems both package are installed though. Using pavucontrol to manage the volume in XFCE.
Re: HDMI Audio Out Issue Reply #3 – 23 October 2022, 06:19:51 Hello,I had similar issues with pulseaudio.It's been two years since I removed all pulse packages except libpulse and libcanberra.I use alsa and the nice and very practical qastools mixer on different pc :https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,4318.msg27848.html#msg27848Note: I don't play games and don't use wine or steam.
Re: HDMI Audio Out Issue Reply #4 – 23 October 2022, 18:22:22 Quote from: nwrain – on 22 October 2022, 20:53:14Pulseaudio, seems both package are installed though. Using pavucontrol to manage the volume in XFCE. Whenever I have a similiar problem like yours, I just kill pulseaudio and either restart it manually or let pavucontrol restart it for me and the problem is fixed.
Re: HDMI Audio Out Issue Reply #5 – 24 October 2022, 07:49:48 Thanks! The kill it and restart it did the trick, bit of annoyance to have to that, but bash aliases to the rescue! I seem to recall when I put my system together five years ago, that Pulseaudio was the only way Firefox would be able to play audio so that is what I went with. Thanks again everyone, can always count on the forums here for a solution.
Re: HDMI Audio Out Issue Reply #6 – 24 October 2022, 10:02:52 Quote from: nwrain – on 24 October 2022, 07:49:48 I seem to recall when I put my system together five years ago, that Pulseaudio was the only way Firefox would be able to play audio so that is what I went with. I don't have pulseaudio on my pc and yet there is sound in Firefox and in all my multimedia applications.