On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 21:53 -0800, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: > >> No ground loop noise! VLC player can pass the Dolby Digital >> or DTS signal to the receiver for full surround sound. > > If you're trying to do this, expect problems, as PulseAudio doesn't > really cope with encoded signal passthrough yet, though I believe > someone's working on it. > >> Fedora 14 (updated) with the current Nvidia driver is >> reported to support HDMI audio output. By installing >> the XFCE mixer I am able to activate iec958 1 which >> outputs an audio bit stream over the HDMI connector. > > I don't know if Xfce's mixer is doing the right thing, you may want to > install pavucontrol and check the settings there. > >> Is there a reasonably simple way to get Fedora to speak over the >> display adapter's HDMI output? > > For 'normal' playback (not encoded signal passthrough) it ought to work > once you make sure to set the appropriate output for PA. If it still > doesn't you'll need to file a bug with the recommended details - > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_PulseAudio_problems , > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_sound_problems . I have a nvidia ion chipset that has similar problems on Fedora 14. I've not really got around to looking into the exact issues to file a bug. Peter -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
