Note: If, when playing a video through Videos, the monitor is unplugged, the HDMI option disappears from the Play sound through listing.
When another HDMI device (such as a TV set with HDMI inputs) is plugged into the Display Port, the HDMI option reappears in the Play sound through listing. Sound output can be switched between the options by highlighting the chosen output. This happens without interrupting the video playback through the Videos app. However, the Screen Display might need reconfiguring but that is not the subject of this bug report, except to note that the Screen Display appears to behave as expected whilst the Sound does not. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1402666 Title: [XPS13 9333, Intel Haswell HDMI, Digital Out, HDMI] Playback problem Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: If an HDMI monitor is plugged into the video out and the Videos app is started, the Systems Settings > Sound > Output shows only the Speakers, Built-in Audio in the Play sound through listing. The HDMI option is not presented. The workaround is to open the VLC app which lists the Built-in Stereo (HDMI) option under its Audio > Audio Devices menu. When a video is started in VLC, having selected the HDMI option, the sound plays through the monitor speakers. The HDMI / Display Port , Built-in Audio item then appears in the Play sound through window, even though the selection highlight remains on Speakers. The sound output can be switched between either output by highlighting the chosen option. If VLC is closed and Videos is restarted, the sound now plays through the previously selected HDMI item and can be switched between the monitor and the laptop's speakers. What I regard as a bug is the failure of the HDMI option to appear in the Play sound through listing as soon as an HDMI monitor is plugged into the Display Port output. Obviously, VLC has the means to add this item but the Videos app does not seem to be able to do this by itself. In contrast, as soon as a previously paired set of Bluetooth headphone are turned on, the Headset does appear as a menu item in the listing. I would reasonably expect the plugging in of an HDMI monitor into the Display Port to automatically add this item as well as its affects on the Screen Display pane of Systems Settings. Note: the laptop is running Ubuntu 14.10 and the Linux kernel has recently been upgraded to v3.18 (Vivid). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 Uname: Linux 3.18.0-031800-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/pcmC1D0c: david 2242 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: david 2242 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: david 2242 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Dec 15 13:13:47 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-11 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:HDMI failed Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel HDMI Symptom_Jack: Digital Out, HDMI Symptom_Type: None of the above Title: [XPS13 9333, Intel Haswell HDMI, Digital Out, HDMI] Playback problem UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-12-11 (3 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A05 dmi.board.name: 0D13CR dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd09/11/2014:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139333:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0D13CR:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1: dmi.product.name: XPS13 9333 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1402666/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
