Well, basically, I want the sound to come out of my TV using only the HDMI
cable. Right now, I have only the display working but would like to have
the sound too.
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:24 AM, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Good morning Alsa users,
> >
> > I've been trying to make my HDMI sound work on my box that has a ALC888
> > chipset. My linux flavor is :
>
> I have the same chip with an ASRock NF5-esata2
> http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=ALiveNF5-eSATA2%2b
> I hooked up the 2pin digital output on the motherboard to my receiver.
> I only use use ALSA for system sounds.
>
> I don't understand what you're trying to do.
>
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] usr]# cat /etc/release
> > Mandriva Linux release 2008.0 (Official) for i586
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] usr]# uname -r
> > 2.6.22.9-desktop586-1mdv
> >
> > Has a first step, i tried with the Alsa 1.0.16 release. I compile and
> > installed it without any error. The following outputs represent what I
> > gathered after installing the 1.0.16 release.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] alsa-driver-1.0.16]# cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* |
> grep
> > Cod
> > Codec: Generic 17e8 ID 47
> > Codec: Realtek ALC888
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] alsa-driver-1.0.16]# cat /proc/asound/pcm
> > 00-02: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : capture 1
> > 00-01: ALC883 Digital : ALC883 Digital : playback 1 : capture 1
> > 00-00: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : playback 1 : capture 1
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] alsa-driver-1.0.16]# aplay -L
> > default:CARD=Intel
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > Default Audio Device
> > front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > Front speakers
> > surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
> > surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> > surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
> > surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> > surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
> > iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Digital
> > IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
> > null
> > Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
> >
> > #################### END of 1.0.16 Alsa release
> > ###############################
> >
> > This is the output after installing the drivers from realtek and adding
> > the
> > recommended information in my modprobe.conf file:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] usr]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
> > alias eth0 r8169
> > install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /sbin/modprobe ahci;
> > /bin/true
> > install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd;
> > /bin/true
> > alias eth1 r8169
> > alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
> >
> > # Sound Card
> > alias snd-0 snd-hda-intel
> > # ALSA portion
> > alias char-major-116 snd
> > # OSS/Free portion
> > alias char-major-14 soundcore
> > alias sound-slot-0 snd-0
> > # card #1
> > alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] usr]# cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
> > Codec: Chrontel Chrontel HDMI
> > Codec: Realtek ALC888
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] asound]# cat pcm
> > 00-02: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : capture 1
> > 00-01: ALC883 Digital : ALC883 Digital : playback 1 : capture 1
> > 00-00: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : playback 1 : capture 1
> > 00-03: ATI HDMI : ATI HDMI : playback 1
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] usr]# aplay -L
> > default:CARD=Intel
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > Default Audio Device
> > front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > Front speakers
> > surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
> > surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> > surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
> > surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> > surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Analog
> > 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
> > iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
> > HDA Intel, ALC883 Digital
> > IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
> > null
> > Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
> >
> > Has you can see, with the realtek drivers I have have the HDMI
> mentionned
> > in
> > a few place. Now, how could I get sound on the HDMI output is my next
> > step.
> >
> > Does anyone have a suggestion to drive my investigation farther ?
> >
> > --
> > Philippe-Alexandre Lemelin
> >
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