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xcrx

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Registered: 2011-03-01

Posts: 16

Nvidia Mini HDMI Sound Output

I am having issues getting the sound output working from my graphics card's mini HDMI port. The card shows up as HDA NVidia in alsamixer but it doesn't have any volume controls. It just shows S/PDIF S/PDIF 1 S/PDIF 2 and S/PDIF 3, all of which I turned on. I have done some searching around without any luck. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,688

Re: Nvidia Mini HDMI Sound Output

Let me guess, some ION2 or ION behind an Intel chip?

Please:

aplay -l
lspci (Audio and Video lines)
lsmod | grep snd

Meanwhile, if my theory is true or somewhat valid,

/etc/modprobe.d/mycoolnameforthefix.conf

options snd-hda-intel probe_mask=0xffff,0xfff2
alias snd-card-1 snd-hda-nvidia

... and reboot.

EDIT: I am normally opposed to hand-holding, but this one has kept me awake for weeks and taught me little, so I feel your pain ;-)

Last edited by Awebb (2015-07-10 07:47:34)

xcrx

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Registered: 2011-03-01

Posts: 16

Re: Nvidia Mini HDMI Sound Output

Awebb, Thank you very much for your reply. After doing more reading last night, I switched to pulseaudio and that took care of my issue.