On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Phil Meyer <pmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/25/2010 03:14 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Marcel Rieux wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:30 AM, Ed Greshko<Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Bill Davidsen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Marcel Rieux wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Since the NVIDIA forums are just a lost of time, I'll first ask the >>>>>> question here. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have an NVIDIA 9400GT card and a Sony LCD TV linked with an HDMI cable. >>>>>> >>>>>> First problem I found: the S/PDIF cable -- which is needed only with >>>>>> NVIDIA cards -- wasn't installed. The plug had a molding problem and >>>>>> one of the 4 holes was blocked. (The hole was just empty: no wire >>>>>> going to it.) I opened it with a pin, installed it with the arrow >>>>>> facing the closest part of the motherboard, reversed it, and, of >>>>>> course, sound doesn't come out of the TV. It's an Nvidia product! >>>>>> >>>>>> Anybody got this working? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Did you get PulseAudio to send output to the connector? Many times this is a PA >>>>> config issue. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> That is actually a very good question.... >>>> >>>> Everything I would find out about ASUS Nvidia 9400GT based cards >>>> (assuming this is an actual card) is that the spdif cable is simply a >>>> pass though. One connects the spdif cable from the graphics card to >>>> either a sound card connector or motherboard connector (depending on >>>> your system and its configuration) and sound is simply passed through to >>>> the HDMI. >>>> >>>> >>> That's how it's *supposed* to work. >>> >>> >> Since you now appear to know how it is supposed to work....I wonder why >> you were bitching about Nvidia and the drivers. The product is not a >> Nvidia product...but an Asus product. >> >> We also don't have enough information on the card itself. Nor do we >> have any information on what your sound system is or where you've >> connected the spdif cable. You've said that one of the cables holes was >> blocked....but many times that is quite normal. That could be the "key >> hole" that would prevent one from installing cable in the wrong >> orientation. It is more than likely a "key hole" since you state there >> is no wire going to it. So, I would even question if you have the cable >> installed correctly or even to the correct pin block on your system. >> >>> >>> >>>> So, one needs to ensure the output is configured correctly. >>>> >>>> >>> The only relevant configuration I see for sound is under the hardware >>> tab. Anything analog gives an output on the computer, anything digital >>> gives no output. In both cases, there is no output on the TV. >>> >>> >> >> > > There are several things at work here: > > 1: aplay --list-devices This is the same as aplay -l and I already provided the output: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > If only the onboard sound devices I only have onboard sound devices. The TV's amplifier will never appear as a sound device. OTOH, and this seems like AN INTERESTING QUESTION, how come I can only get analog output on my computer jacks. Maybe the TV needs digital input, which i can't provide? > Some TVs will allow a mix of HDMI in on one channel and audio in on > another channel, just for this type of situation where the source cannot > do audio over HDMI. My son has a TV like that. I know this but I'd rather have things work like they're supposed to. I BELIEVE NY PROBLEM WITH SOUND IS I CAN'T GET DIGITAL OUTPUT FROM THE COMPUTER" -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
