Sound issue connecting laptop to TV using HDMI
  • exchangegamesexchangegames
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    I connect my laptop to my TV using an HDMI cable so that I can watch films on a big screen.  I can get the picture just about right by playing with Preferences-->Monitors-->Output-->HDMI1.  However, the sound stays with the laptop and there is no sound from the TV speakers.

    When I use windows, I can configure it to enable sound to be output to the HDMI device (TV).  Is there anything I can do in LXLE to accomplish the same?

  • lxlelxle
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    Menu>Sound & Video>PulseAudio Volume Control
  • exchangegamesexchangegames
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    Sorry.  SHOULD have figured that out myself.

    On the same topic however, in the PulseAudio Volume Control box under "Output Devices", I set my volume (Front left and right) to 125%.  However, when I watch videos using Kodi 14.x (nee XBMC), the volume keeps reverting back to 100%.  So I have to keep going back to jack it up again.  No such problems using Gnome player or Movie player so the problem is likely with Kodi.

    My setup: Dell Inspiron 1525 (32 bit) w dual boot Win XP and LXLE (latest updates installed)

  • lxlelxle
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    That's a kodi issue most likley.
  • wagnernicowagnernico
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    Hi,
    I have the same issue, but even if I change the output in Pulse Audio Control, I have no sound coming from the TV.
    I tried something with gstreamer: changing the output from Pulse Audio to Alsa but it didn't work either, even is the HDMI is been recognized (but just once, it's not there anymore).

    My laptop is a Sony Vaio 2xAMD E-350 Processor, with HDA ATI SB Realtek ALC269VB



  • lxlelxle
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    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1825882&p=11156234#post11156234
  • wagnernicowagnernico
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    Hi,
    I tried that but without success...
    And now the Volume Control Shrotcut doesn't work anymore... When I mute it the sound is still working, and same when I mute it opening Pulse Audio.
    Weird as

  • lxlelxle
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    It doesn't work anymore because you change the sound server backend, so now it's no longer using pulseaudio. Next time stop by here first and we will hash it out.
  • wagnernicowagnernico
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    oh....
    And how can I do that?
  • lxlelxle
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    Undo "I tried something with gstreamer: changing the output from Pulse Audio
    to Alsa but it didn't work either, even is the HDMI is been recognized
    (but just once, it's not there anymore)."
  • lxlelxle
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    you can launch alsamixer in the terminal and make sure nothing is 'muted' or turned off.
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