The last entry here might be helpful: http://superuser.com/questions/232037/no-sound-through-displayport
Michael Stack At 10:57 PM 2/4/2012 -0600, Alex Austin wrote: >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 _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
