[GRLUG] hdmi audio now working (?)

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 09:07:09AM -0400, John-Thomas Richards wrote:
> Since I bought my laptop about a year ago HDMI audio would not work
> under Debian.  Under Ubuntu (came preinstalled) there were multiple
> options for "Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output) in the PulseAudio Volume
> Control app.  Under Debian there has been only one and it didn't send
> HDMI audio to the television.
> 
> Last night I connected my laptop to the television, determined to get
> HDMI audio working.  I opened up the PAVC and noticed some extra config
> options for Playback.  I went to the configuration tab and discovered
> multiple options for the HDMI Output.  I selected each in turn; the
> fourth worked.  I now have HDMI audio.
> 
> There was a Pulse update to Debian Wheezy in May.  Whatever it included,
> it works now.

Actually, that would be from the latest nVidia updates, right?  There
was an update a couple days ago.

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