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1039Smooth

Member

Registered: 2025-01-02

Posts: 3

HDMI audio not working with Pipewire

Video output works just fine. I've tried with more than one TV/monitor, and it seems to be the same outcome with USB-C to Display Port. In configuring the built-in audio profile through a GUI tool like pavucontrol or an alternative, all options for HDMI are shown as (unavailable) and (unplugged).

Outcome of wpctl status:

PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [1.4.1, user@arch, cookie:3757728506]
 └─ Clients:
        32. libcanberra                         [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:3242]
        33. plasmashell                         [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:3280]
        34. Steam                               [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:103]
        35. libcanberra                         [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:3280]
        36.                                     [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:3242]
        37. Dolphin                             [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:3900]
        38. xdg-desktop-portal                  [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:2204]
        47. WirePlumber                         [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:29273]
        55. WirePlumber [export]                [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:29273]
        67.                                     [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:3242]
        68.                                     [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:3280]
        72. kwin_wayland                        [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:2192]
        74. PulseAudio Volume Control           [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:40312]
        78. Steam Voice Settings                [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:103]
        80. Firefox                             [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:3759]
        88. wpctl                               [1.4.1, user@arch, pid:51911]

Audio
 ├─ Devices:
 │      62. Built-in Audio                      [alsa]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  *   73. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo        [vol: 0.70]
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │  *   82. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo        [vol: 0.24]
 │  
 ├─ Filters:
 │  
 └─ Streams:
        77. PulseAudio Volume Control                                   
             46. monitor_FR     
             51. input_FL        < ALC257 Analog:monitor_FL     [active]
             83. input_FR        < ALC257 Analog:monitor_FR     [active]
             84. monitor_FL     
        85. PulseAudio Volume Control                                   
             49. monitor_FR     
             71. input_FR        < ALC257 Analog:capture_FR     [active]
             79. input_FL        < ALC257 Analog:capture_FL     [active]
             86. monitor_FL     

Video
 ├─ Devices:
 │      48. Integrated Camera                   [v4l2]
 │      50. Integrated Camera                   [v4l2]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │  *   41. Integrated Camera (V4L2)           
 │  
 ├─ Filters:
 │  
 └─ Streams:

Settings
 └─ Default Configured Devices:
         0. Audio/Sink    alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,516

Re: HDMI audio not working with Pipewire

What GPU? What cable? What TV? Are you sure the monitors/TVs have speakers? Pretty sure HDMI audio over USB-C/displayport is often not implemented at all

1039Smooth

Member

Registered: 2025-01-02

Posts: 3

Re: HDMI audio not working with Pipewire

It's a laptop with Intel integrated graphics alongside a GeForce RTX 4060. This has been a reoccurring issue since I purchased the laptop and installed Arch since December. To name a few displays I've tried with, an older Samsung dumb TV, a ViewSonic XG2402 monitor, a new Google Smart TV, etc., all with different HDMI cables. All certain they have speakers.