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Windows 11 stops detecting HDMI AV receiver as sound device until reboot
My Windows 11 PC uses an AV receiver (Sony STR-DN1030) as its sound output device. It's connected via the HDMI port on the Nvidia display adapter. This has been working fine, but in the last week it ...
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PS5 and PC audio through same speakers, how to?
I've just got myself a new PC setup, and I wanted to integrate my PS5 in it.
Monitor: LG UltraGear 27GP95RP-B (No speakers, with 3.5mm audio out)
Speakers: Logitech Z313 (3.5mm TRS)
Motherboard: ASUS ...
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Windows 11, Nvidia 3080, HDMI video out works, but windows detects no HDMI audio device
My system:
Windows 11 23H2
Nvidia 3080 FE
Denon AVR-S960H receiver connected to HDMI output from vid card
I used all of this hardware before with Win 10 for years with no issues. I installed Win 11 ...
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How to use MacBook as a speaker through HDMI for my TV?
I have a Phillips TV and it doesn't have the best sound, so I want to use my MacBook, which has much better sound, as a speaker for this TV.
I've tried connecting the laptop through HDMI to TV and ...
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Windows 7 nVidia drivers either don't install, or don't have audio
I am running Windows 7 64 Bit, and currently have no audio. I do not have an audio device named "nVidia High Definition HDMI Output" in device manager, but when I installed drivers for what ...
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What could be causing static on HDMI Audio with Pulseaudio
Using Yocto Hardknott release, I am running Pulseaudio version 14.2 on the kernel version 5.10.72.
I use the module-combine-sink to stream audio to both Lineout and HDMI simultaneously.
About 50% of ...
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Very slow and laggy video playback when the sound is directed through HDMI to 4K TV as second monitor
I have a very strange problem with a relatively new PC with Core i5-13600K @3.90GHz. At least two web browsers are playing video extremely slow (1-2 FPS) when sound is directed to the 4K TV LG.
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How to 'mimic' reconnecting HDMI cable from linux?
Occasionally, my Ubuntu 20.04 machine 'forgets' that it should output audio through the HDMI cable; in fact, the "Output" tab in the "Sound Preferences" does not mention the HDMI ...
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How do I connect my 5.1 sound bar with my desktop via HDMI?
I have a nvidea card with 3DP and one HDMI port, in my mother board I have 1DP and 1HDMI.
Neither my motherboard nor my card has any optical out.
I want to connect my 5.1 sound system with my PC via ...
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7.1 surround sound by hdmi on windows 10 test and games not working
My problem is that Windows 10 doesn't play 7.1 surround sound instead it mixes sound into every speaker. When I test the speakers in the sound section it plays the same ding sound on every surround ...
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no sound through HDMI port Lenovo Ideapad
I have this version of ubuntu:
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
And my laptop is
sudo ...
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Audio device disappeared
I have a rather complex setup. I have 4 audio cards(external and internal sound cards) and I run several virtual audio devices.
I had everything working more or less(I'd get problems with VAC crashing ...
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How to restore HDMI audio in Windows 10?
I use my TV as my main display for my Windows 10 machine, and also as the audio device. This has always worked fine, but on turning on the machine this morning, there is no sound and the TV audio ...
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How can I configure the default audio output in VLC player?
I'm running VLC Player on a raspberry pi 4, connected to my TV via HDMI, the TV is the only output device that's connected to the pi. I'm not concerned with music at the moment, I just want the ...
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Noise from input audio, both audio jack-to-jack and HDMI
My PC has a 3.5mm analog audio output for headphones or speaker. As such, there's no noise and the sound quality is good.
After adding an audio splitter, I plug my headphone into one of the 3.5 mm ...
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Windows 10: How to prevent HDMI audio cut off on display blanking
Having laptop with AMD graphics, using it to output image also as the sound to Dell display where external speakers are connected.
Windows 10 display settings say "10 minutes of idle to switch ...
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PC stopped seeing AV receiver as sound output device. Further troubleshooting steps I could try?
Before the problem:
Windows 10 Home PC. OS build 19042.1526.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X / nVIDIA GTX 1080ti
Sound output to a Yamaha RX-V375 AV receiver via HDMI cable from GPU on this setup.
This setup was ...
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Why is my screen going black for a second and muting the sound output when watching a video?
I recently bought a Lenovo IdeaCentre Mini with Windows 10 Pro 20H2, i5-10400T and Intel UHD Graphics 630, and I am using it with a Lenovo Q24i monitor connected via HDMI.
When opening a site like ...
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How to make my peripherals connected through monitor be detected by laptop
I have a setup where I have a laptop and computer that I use regularly with the same monitor. Until now I have always switched the radio reciever for my headphones, and the wireless reciever for my ...
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Sound Bug In kali linux
So, I switched to Kali recently my setup is a laptop with external display, mouse, keyboard, speaker trough HDMI display when I try to play something Kali always plays the sound on the HDMI channel (...
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Disable S/PDIF in Ubuntu
I'm currently using Ubuntu 21.04 with audio coming from my DisplayPort connected Display. Everytime my PC boots, it defaults to Digital Output (S/PDIF). This is getting me crazy, because I need to ...
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HDMI sound sporadically stops working
I have speakers connected to a monitor, which routes the HDMI sound output to them. The setup works, but occasionally the HDMI sound output just stops working for no apparent reason.
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How to AC3-encode audio and send it through HDMI on Win10?
For reasons°, I have my PC plugged into my TV via HDMI, which is connected to my AV receiver via optical cable. Since my TV is only detected as 2 channel device, and stuff like games usually don't ...
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HDMI Output To 4k TV: Resolution Too Low And No Audio
I recently acquired a Lenovo Thinkpad x260, running Windows 10 Pro. When I try and connect it via the HDMI port to a JVC 4K TV, I have the following issues:
The TV is detected as an extra monitor but ...
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Playing a song from Spotify web app turns off one of my three monitors
Bit of a weird one.
When I go to spotify.com > sign in > Web Player > and the moment I hit the "play" button, one of my three screens (all three screens connected to my HP ...
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Tinny audio after switching monitors
Issue
After switching monitors (AOC 27", built-in speakers -> LG Ultra gear 27GN600 ), i've been experiencing very tinny and compressed audio through my logitech 3.1 setup.
My Setup
Since I ...
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HDMI Audio not working
I am trying to connect a home theater system to my TV and computer.
at this moment everything works, I have a Onkyo HT S3800 5.1 Home Theater System connected with an UHD TV Grundig 49 GUB 8960 on ...
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Video, but no audio on TV when connected to laptop over hdmi
I have a windows 10 laptop (Thinkpad E570) and a samsung smart tv (Samsung J6200). When I plug in an hdmi cable I can duplicate or extend the video just fine, but I can't get the sound to come out of ...
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Enable 5.1 Sound in Windows
I have connected my MatePro Laptop to my Panasonic TV which is connected to Panasonic Home Cinema by HTML cable. However, the sound is placed only in Stereo format and I cannot select 5.1 channel ...
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Windows 10 not recognizing speakers from a HDMI switch
I have windows 10, xbox One, and nintendo switch all connected to a 5-to-1 HDMI switch. The audio out is connected to external speakers using a standard 3.5mm headphone jack (not optical cable) from ...
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TV disappears as audio device on single display
I have two monitors and a TV connected to my Windows 10 PC. Whenever I set the TV (connected through HDMI) as the only active display, its audio device disappears from the playback devices list in ...
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Linux: spurious "New Sink" notification with new HDMI graphics card
My machine runs Linux (Debian unstable) at home. I recently replaced my old NVidia graphics card with a newer beast, a Radeon 5600 XT. Part of this device is an HDMI audio controller, as evidenced ...
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Stereo Mix fails when using television speakers over HDMI
I use my TV as a display for my laptop, including the speakers (laptop has pitiful speakers). However, Stereo Mix becomes completely silent when the TV is the default sound device. So I can't stream ...
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Monitor playback device - Windows switches between playback devices when monitor is switched on
I have headphones (Razer Kraken X with virtual 7.1 surround sound) plugged in to my desktop, I also have a monitor (MSI Optix) connected via HDMI. I have regular stereo speakers plugged into my ...
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Is it possible to output just audio over HDMI from Windows 10?
I want to output uncompressed multi channel audio from my Windows 10 PC to my AV amplifier over HDMI.
I have it working, I've got my amp connected via HDMI using the integrated Intel GPU's HDMI port. ...
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windows 8.1 no sound from HDMI monitor
Is there any way to get the sound through the monitor without starting them both together?
If i turn on the PC with the monitor plugged in, it plays sound through the monitory correctly.
But if the ...
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Debugging/Enabling Intel Display Audio on Intel HD Graphics 4000
I'm working on an old Lenovo T430s with Intel HD Graphics 4000. It has a mini display port, on which I'm using a miniDP-to-HDMI adapter. I'm trying to get audio over this configuration.
I know the ...
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How to switch between monitor speakers and headphones plugged to monitor?
I guess there are similar questions here about switching between speakers and headphones on different ports, however, my situation is different.
What I have is a HDMI source connected to my monitor, ...
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VLC Media Player - Dolby TrueHD only outputs 2 channels
I've been working on this for 2 days now with no success. I am on Windows 10 and audio is going from my pc to Yamaha Aventage RX-A2030 via HDMI. I have a gigabyte GA-Z77Z-UD5H motherboard. I am using ...
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Audio garbled (also causes video stutter) when outputting sound via GPUs HDMI
When I output sound through the HDMI port on my GPU, sometimes the sound comes out all garbled (It sometimes returns to normal after a while, sometimes it doesn't). The best way I can describe it is ...
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Firefox plays audio on wrong output device
I have my video and audio connected through an HDMI cable to my screen. I have GF108 selected as the default audio output device and all audio goes there except Firefox. Firefox instead insists on ...
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Why does the audio output not change automatically?
Usually on a PC if someone were to connect a device such as a headset, then it would change the output, and vice-versa. Why does this fail to happen with my setup? I've tried checking the normal ...
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How to stop audio changing from monitor to laptop when monitor is off
I have a DELL U2518D and speakers connected to the monitor. The audio uses the HDMI cable. So far so good, but when the monitor goes off (because of the energy saving feature) the audio is ...
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Do i need sound card to send sound over displayport or HDMI?
I'm planning to buy a motherboard without audio output. Will my monitor play sound with its speakers if I connect the GPU and the monitor with HDMI or DisplayPort cable? I'm planning to use a GTX 960.
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How to setup PC to TV 5.1 surround sound (HDMI)
I have a 5.1 system with a receiver, speakers and sub, in my living room, and i have connected my pc to my projector.
Current setup: PC > HDMI > hdmi switch & audio extractor
hdmi switch & ...
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No Sound on TV when Laptop connected through HDMI, but is listed as Default Device
Yesterday, I was watching some movies on my TV through my laptop, using the HDMI cable, it was working just fine. But this morning when I plugged it in, there is absolutely no sound. Both the TV and ...
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Line in from Nintendo Switch to wireless headphone transmitter buzzes when Switch HMDI makes contact with monitor input
I'm quite bewildered; I can hear Nintendo Switch output cleanly through the wireless transmitter (Steel Series Arctis 7), but as soon as I plug the HMDI from the Switch into the monitor, in fact as ...
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Audio routing on Windows 10 with 2 inputs and 2 outputs
Have a new setup for streaming and I'm trying to replicate an old routing I had when I was using a single machine. However, I'm now offloading the streaming via HDMI to another machine and I of course ...
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How to stop monitor speakes from humming?
I have monitor with internal speakers connected via hdmi cable. While booting it hums at annoying, but bearable level. After that, when I for example start youtube video in browser, the hum becomes ...
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Would a dead internal audio card kill hdmi audio output as well?
I've got a old gigabyte motherboard. The internal audio card is mostly dead since none of the audio drivers worked so far. Ive got an Sapphire 7850 video card and was wondering if I could replace the ...
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