Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE6 and Pipewire control change

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

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Dale wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 6:33 AM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com
>> <mailto:rdalek1967@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> <SNIP>
>> > 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
>
> :-)  :-) 


Someone wrote me off list.  They not subscribed but read my post
somehow.  Anyway, they recommended installing pavucontrol-qt and using
the Pro Audio setting.  That package was already installed.  I'd never
used Pro Audio before, didn't know what it was so didn't know it was a
usable option.  However, when I selected it, all my options came back. 
I got my three little horizontal lines back.  One of the options is HDMI
again. 

So, that's working again.  I hope this might help someone else who runs
into this problem.  I won't be surprised tho if the original option
comes back after I log out and back in again.  Weirder things have
happened.  ;-)

Thanks to all. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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