On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 07:43:54PM -0500, Dale wrote:
> 
> Well, I got the cable in.  I hooked it up, nothing. Hmmmm.  Then I
> turned around to look at my regular monitor and KDE had a pop up about a
> new video device.  Oh really.  I clicked to set it up and now I have a
> picture.  No sound tho.  I can't watch videos with no sound.  I'll need
> to work on that.  ;-)
> 
> I just hope this cable is going to be long enough after I run it under
> the floor.  I think it will but it's going to be close. 
> 
> Dale

KDE, phonon in particular, provides for routing the sound to different
devices. Go to System Settings → Multimedia, it should list both your
alsa and HDMI output. You can then change the order of priority for the
devices. If you now use a phonon-able media player, it will use the
output in the order you set there.
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