Yes, you do need to change the default output. When nothing is plugged in, it will revert to output from the computer again.
Another option is to use an advanced media player like VLC or MPCHC which allow you to select what output device video playback uses. - Alex -- It is referred to as the Fibonacci meal. Today's dinner is the sum of yesterday's leftovers and the day before's leftovers. On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Andrew Webber <[email protected]>wrote: > So I have a DP-to-HDMI cable I got on Amazon. Hooked it up to my X220 > and a Sony TV. Picture is great playing a DVD (from Windows Media > Player), but sound is only coming out of the computer. Windows 7, > 64bit. > > I looked under Control Panel > Sound and saw two devices, "Speakers" > and something related to DisplayPort (don't have it hooked up now, > maybe it said a Sony TV). But no matter what I did, I couldn't get the > sound to come out of the DP/HDMI. > > I see now there's a "set default" choice but I don't really want to > change the DP to the default output, do I? I will if I have to. > > How would I tell the computer to pump the sound out the DisplayPort > instead? > > Thanks! > > -- > Andrew mailto:[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
