Re: [gentoo-user] Laptop - Switch video/audio output to HDMI?

[Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@gmx.de>]

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On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 03:17:53PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
>    I'm finally joining the 21st century having purchased my first new
> TV in more than 13 years. My laptop runs KDE with Nvidia drivers. I'm
> wondering what the process is to switch the audio & video output of my
> laptop the its HDMI port? I'd like to try using xine to play DVDs. I
> assume in Linux I'm going to have to mess with both Alsa and X which
> in the end sounds like a disaster waiting to happen but I figure I
> might as well see if it's actually easier than I think.
> […]
>    Anyway, just looking for someone to point me in the right direction.

I am administrating the laptop of a friend of mine. She’s running KDE 4.4 on
Debian Squeeze with Intel graphics and an external monitor/TV. KDE can switch
audio to an external monitor by itself using System settings → Hardware →
Multimedia → Phonon. There, in the Device Priority tab, you’ll have to change
the order of items (i.e. put HDMI to the top) and then all programs that use
phonon route their sound to HDMI.

I *believe* that when the monitor is not present (after all, it’s a laptop),
the sound should automatically be routed to the next device in the list. But I
think that we had some problems in that regard. But then again, she’s running
an outdated KDE.
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