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Noob Saibot

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Registered: 2015-11-03

Posts: 12

HDMI Audio: aplay outputs no errors, but still no sound is heard

I need help. Audio plays beautifully through my laptop's built-in speakers, but not through HDMI (HDMI video also works well). aplay outputs no errors, but still no sound is heard (even with kernel options enabled). I have uninstalled xorg, and have no asoundrc file, as i'm only trying to get the most basic functionality working right now. Any ideas (yes, i did check to see that it was unmuted ;-))?

[me@my-ShittyLaptop ~]$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC3227 Analog [ALC3227 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

[me@my-ShittyLaptop ~]$ aplay -D plughw:0,3 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav'  : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono

[me@my-ShittyLaptop ~]$ lspci -vnn | grep -A 1 -i audio
00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini HDMI/DP Audio [1002:9840]
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:21f7]
--
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller [1022:780d] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:21f7]

[me@my-ShittyLaptop ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-dmic

Last edited by Noob Saibot (2016-04-13 21:40:02)

Chuck Arch Linux

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Registered: 2011-06-23

Posts: 81

Re: HDMI Audio: aplay outputs no errors, but still no sound is heard

It also happen to me when I was using a ',' instead of a '.' (dot) for -D plughw:0.3

Try something like this :

mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=0.3 yourvideofile

Make sur you put a dot between 0 and 3.

Hope it help.