12-09-09, 10:44 PM
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Request for help with HDMI out on ION-based Revo
[EDIT: thread title should say "... HDMI -sound- out ..." This post is only relating to linux HDMI sound output with the ion chipset]
Hello, I am just about at my wit's end here trying to get HDMI sound output in Ubuntu linux 9.10 / karmic koala. I am confident the hardware works as it was working with HDMI out in 9.04. I would revert to 9.04 but for the fact that a bunch of other stuff was not working (the least of which was not my wireless connection) there and so am hoping someone here can help. I am still trying to get my head around the nuances of linux sound, and the relationship between pulseaudio, ALSA, OSS and others less prominent. I'm not sure I'm there yet. My understanding right now is that ALSA is about the closest thing to a windows sound driver as I can grab a metaphor for. On that assumption, I've been trying to work up from using the alsa utilities alsamixer and aplay. The problem is simple. There is no sound coming out over HDMI. None. Even using aplay to play a wave file. Inexplicably, there also no errors at all, anywhere that I've found. I have managed to get stereo out over the headphones off and on in the course of this, but I'm really not that interested in that and have not been working towards that. Right now, I have: Code:
me@varie:~$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC662 rev1 Digital [ALC662 rev1 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 me@varie:~$ Code:
me@varie:~$ aplay -L
front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Digital
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, NVIDIA HDMI
HDMI Audio Output
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
me@varie:~$
Code:
me@varie:~$ cat /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21. Compiled on Dec 6 2009 for kernel 2.6.31-16-generic (SMP). me@varie:~$ Code:
┌────────────────────────────────────── AlsaMixer v1.0.21 ──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Card: HDA NVidia F1: Help │ │ Chip: Nvidia MCP7A HDMI F2: System information │ │ View: F3:[Playback] F4: Capture F5: All F6: Select sound card │ │ Item: Master [dB gain: -38.00] Esc: Exit │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ > │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ > │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ > │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ > │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ > │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ ├──┤ ┌──┐ └──┘ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │ │ │OO│ │OO│ │MM│ │MM│ │MM│ │OO│ │MM│ │OO│ │OO│ │ │ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ │ │ 41 98<>98 0<>0 0<>0 0<>0 74<>74 0<>0 │ │ < Master >Headphon PCM Front Front Mi Line CD Mic S/PDIF S/PDIF D │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Code:
┌────────────────────────────────────── AlsaMixer v1.0.21 ──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Card: HDA NVidia F1: Help │ │ Chip: Nvidia MCP7A HDMI F2: System information │ │ View: F3:[Playback] F4: Capture F5: All F6: Select sound card │ │ Item: Beep [dB gain: -34.50, -34.50] Esc: Exit │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ < │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ < │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ < │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ < │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ < │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ < │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ < │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ < │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ < │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ < │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ └──┘ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ├──┤ │ │ │MM│ │MM│ │MM│ │OO│ │MM│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │MM│ │ │ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ │ │ 98<>98 0<>0 0<>0 0<>0 74<>74 0<>0 0<>0 │ │ PCM Front Front Mi Line CD Mic S/PDIF S/PDIF D S/PDIF 1< Beep > │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Can anyone help, or does anyone even know where I can ask for help? Regards, Patrick |
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12-20-09, 01:17 AM
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Re: Request for help with HDMI out on ION-based Revo
Just to report, I did manage to get this issue fixed - somehow. In the process of giving up on Ubuntu, I downloaded and tried XBMC Live. Although this did not work, in the process I had to completely power-off the Revo machine and also tightened the HDMI cable a bit. While XBMC Live did not even boot, when I rebooted back into Ubuntu again, the sound was fixed.
Frustrating, I have no idea what fixed it, so I have no idea if the fix will stick around. I'll just keep my fingers crossed and avoid complete power-downs. |
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12-22-09, 07:31 AM
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Re: Request for help with HDMI out on ION-based Revo
I got my acer revo sound working over hdmi by adding the line
pcm.!default hdmi:NVidia to etc/asound.conf, as detailed in this post Still can't get flash sound to work over hdmi though  Sound over hdmi is handled via the screen rather than the sound card I guess. If you leave sound settings as default and plug some speakers into the sound out jack then you will hear the audio. |
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12-25-09, 04:40 AM
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Re: Request for help with HDMI out on ION-based Revo
In Karmic add this to "Software sources"
Code:
ppa:ricotz/unstable Code:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
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