hello, we succefully use a Raspberry pi under raspbian to play a 5.1 audio file threw hdmi with a specific device, see https://ressources.labomedia.org/expo_noirlac#diffusion_audio_51_-_raspberry_hdmiextractor (in french)
it was with omxplayer, but I imagine it can work with pd as well ++ b On 29/04/2019 21:51, Pall Thayer wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I did manage to find a forum post somewhere by > someone who got this scenario to work under windows with the ASIO4all > driver. I'm running Linux Mint but have a Windows partition if I ever > need it. I'll be sure to post back and let people know once I've > gotten an opportunity to try it out. > > Pall > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 8:12 AM Dan Wilcox <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > >> On Apr 27, 2019, at 12:00 PM, [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm wondering, if I simply connect >> my laptop to it via an HDMI cable and set Pd to use HDMI for >> audio output, >> will I automatically have the ability to send specific channels >> of audio to >> any one of the 7 speakers? > > This should work. > >> Or would it require additional hardware or >> software? If so, what? > > Probably not. It depends more on the hardware and any special > drivers that might be required to use it with your OS. Pd only > talk to the sound devices that are given to it by the OS. We have > used Pd with RME MADI interfaces at work which address 64 or 128 > channels. > > Note, that you get the "raw" channels directly. Surround or > ambisonic mixing is up to you. > > -------- > Dan Wilcox > @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> > danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com> > robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com> > > > > > > -- > ***************************** > Pall Thayer > artist > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org > ***************************** > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
