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Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:14:02 +0000, root wrote:

> root <NoEMail@home.org> wrote:
>> Clark Smith <noaddress@nowhere.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 	cat /proc/asound/cards
>>> 
>>> ?
>>> 
>> Here is what I get:
>> 
>>  0 [PCH            ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
>>                       HDA Intel PCH at 0xfb620000 irq 66
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I got sound!
> Following an earlier suggestion I went to:
> ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/gpu-hdmi-audio-document/gpu-hdmi-
audio.html
> 
> This site led me step by step. First: aplay -L
> lists all the sound devices. My video card came up as the second.
> 
> Then the document said:
> For GPUs, which are typically ALSA card 1:
> 
> speaker-test -c 2 -r 48000 -D hw:1,3
> speaker-test -c 2 -r 48000 -D hw:1,7
> speaker-test -c 2 -r 48000 -D hw:1,8
> speaker-test -c 2 -r 48000 -D hw:1,9
> 
> This one did it for me:
> speaker-test -c 2 -r 48000 -D hw:1,7
> 
> I got sound for the white noise test.
> 
> You must be under X to get sound. I had tried this under a console with
> no success. I vaguely remember doing the same (console) test several
> months ago. Under the console it seems as if the test is running, stuff
> comes up on the screen, but no sound comes out.
> 
> Now, I know that I have to pass hw:1,7 to the sound configuration, but I
> have tried several forms of asound.conf and nothing makes mplayer work.
> 
> I did try
> aplay aplay -D hw:1,7 somefile.wav
> and sound came out.
> 
> Can someone please fill in the final gap: what should either .asoundrc
> or /etc/asound.conf be to have sound come out from mplayer?

	This is what I have in my /etc/asound.conf file:

pcm.!default {
  type plug
    slave.pcm {
    type hw
    card 0
    device 8
  }
}

	I guess for you it'd be card 1 and device 7.

> Is it possible to have console sound come out of the motherboard audio
> and video sound come out of the hdmi without tweaking the config file?

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HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS buck <buck@private.mil> - 2012-01-20 20:26 +0000
  Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-20 20:35 +0000
    Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-01-20 21:10 +0000
      Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-20 21:41 +0000
        Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-20 21:49 +0000
        Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-01-20 22:47 +0000
          Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-21 00:07 +0000
        Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2012-01-20 22:50 +0000
          Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-21 00:12 +0000
            Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-21 00:25 +0000
              Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS Clark Smith <noaddress@nowhere.net> - 2012-01-21 16:05 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-21 18:29 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-21 18:40 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS Clark Smith <noaddress@nowhere.net> - 2012-01-21 21:43 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-21 23:55 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-22 01:14 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS Clark Smith <noaddress@nowhere.net> - 2012-01-22 03:23 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-22 04:04 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2012-01-22 13:02 +0100
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-22 14:54 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS buck <buck@private.mil> - 2012-01-22 17:41 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS buck <buck@private.mil> - 2012-01-22 17:55 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-22 18:07 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-01-22 18:02 +0000
                Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2012-01-22 20:01 +0100
    Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS buck <buck@private.mil> - 2012-01-21 19:23 +0000
  Re: HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS TheGunslinger <mikiesrunsbaal.sec@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-01-21 11:34 -0800

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