Mark Knecht wrote:


On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 6:33 AM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Actually, it does.  Thing is, it doesn't show the HDMI as a option in
> the list.  I bet the reason it doesn't show up under applications like
> it did before is because it only sees the main speakers as a option.  No
> need showing options when there is none.  So, I need to figure out how
> to make it see HDMI as a option as well as main speakers.  Then maybe it
> will show up under applications again.  I'd be back in business then.
>
> Something to work on when I get back from town.  Today is shot day.
> :/   And grocery shopping.  Gotta eat.

Audio over HDMI is not a requirement of the HDMI spec, it's an
option.

You might want to look at the specs for your card to see if NVidia 
included it in the chipset. Graphics adapters intended for use in
Bloomberg Stations might not include it.

Typically

lspci | grep Audio

should tell you something.

Good luck,
Mark


Well, until the recent KDE upgrade, it worked.  I just had a easy way to do it.  So I know the hardware is capable of it.  I just need to figure out the software issue.  Since it doesn't see it now, I need to figure out why it isn't being seen and fix it.  I may just need to configure something.  Having it done in pipewire tho sure was handy.  I hope that feature isn't gone for some reason.  As it is, I have to manually tell Smplayer to send the audio to the HDMI port in Preferences.  It works but I have to disable that to have sound on my main speakers.  Thing is, on rare occasion I want to play a video on the TV with mpv.  Doing it with pipewire made even it easy to switch.  I just click on it, select for it to go to HDMI, done.  The next time I play something with mpv, it goes back to the default.  Really nifty. 

Given the recent upgrade, I may just try logging out and back in.  Maybe it just didn't pick it up last time.  It's not likely but possible.  One can hope.  :-D

Neighbor is sick.  Gotta go mow about 4 acres of grass.  Poor thing.  He has issues.  :/  It's already 90F. 

Dale

:-)  :-)