Re: NVIDIA: no sound to TV via HDMI

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Marcel Rieux wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:30 AM, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
>> Bill Davidsen wrote:
>>     
>>> Marcel Rieux wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Since the NVIDIA forums are just a lost of time, I'll first ask the
>>>> question here.
>>>>
>>>> I have an NVIDIA 9400GT card and a Sony LCD TV linked with an HDMI cable.
>>>>
>>>> First problem I found: the S/PDIF cable -- which is needed only with
>>>> NVIDIA cards -- wasn't installed. The plug had a molding problem and
>>>> one of the 4 holes was blocked. (The hole was just empty: no wire
>>>> going to it.) I opened it with a pin, installed it with the arrow
>>>> facing the closest part of the motherboard, reversed it, and, of
>>>> course, sound doesn't come out of the TV. It's an Nvidia product!
>>>>
>>>> Anybody got this working?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Did you get PulseAudio to send output to the connector? Many times this is a PA
>>> config issue.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> That is actually a very good question....
>>
>> Everything I would find out about ASUS Nvidia 9400GT based cards
>> (assuming this is an actual card) is that the spdif cable is simply a
>> pass though.  One connects the spdif cable from the graphics card to
>> either a sound card connector or motherboard connector (depending on
>> your system and its configuration) and sound is simply passed through to
>> the HDMI.
>>     
>
> That's how it's *supposed* to work.
>   
Since you now appear to know how it is supposed to work....I wonder why
you were bitching about Nvidia and the drivers.  The product is not a
Nvidia product...but an Asus product.

We also don't have enough information on the card itself.  Nor do we
have any information on what your sound system is or where you've
connected the spdif cable.  You've said that one of the cables holes was
blocked....but many times that is quite normal.  That could be the "key
hole" that would prevent one from installing cable in the wrong
orientation.  It is more than likely a "key hole" since you state there
is no wire going to it.  So, I would even question if you have the cable
installed correctly or even to the correct pin block on your system.
>   
>> So, one needs to ensure the output is configured correctly.
>>     
>
> The only relevant configuration I see for sound is under the hardware
> tab. Anything analog gives an output on the computer, anything digital
> gives no output. In both cases, there is no output on the TV.
>   


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