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

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

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.

   When running as a normal laptop the machine uses the nvidia-drivers
package and the kernel's Intel HD Audio driver. If I want to deliver
audio over HDMI do I need to switch to the Nvidia audio device? Makes
sense but creates more problems testing if it doesn't work really
easily.

   Anyway, just looking for someone to point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Mark



slinky linux # lspci
<SNIP>
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset
High Definition Audio (rev 06)
<SNIP>
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0dd1 (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0be9 (rev a1)
<SNIP>
slinky linux #