[itisslizz]

Hey there,
I've been trying for a few weeks to figure this out. This sort of my last resort.
I installed xbmcbuntu and set up everything.
Everything works as I want it to except one thing. I can't get audio over HDMI. I have a HP EliteBook 8530w and it's not technically an HDMI out but a digital or S/PDIF out that is just sent over the HDMI port.
I know that the hardware works, because in Windows 7 it's no problem to get sound over to the TV via HDMI.

But somehow in Ubuntu the digital out isn't recognized.

Here are the outputs from aplay -l

Code:

card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

and aplay -L

Code:

null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
default:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
dmix:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Hardware device with all software conversions

Now I've tried setting different model's for my soundcard in the alsa-base.conf
but all of them only have Analog sound. Except if i set it to desktop, there I also get a digital in aplay -l but I don't get any sound at all.

I'm starting to fear that it is not possible at all in Ubuntu but maybe one of you has a solution to this problem. Thanks in advance

[lilrabbit129]

Guess this post is a year old and didn't get any traction. I'm having the exact same problem. Same model too. Its working in windows but not in Ubuntu/XBMCbuntu. Were you able to get it working?

[DaVu]

Hi....

Can you post your own

Code:

aplay -l

and

Code:

aplay -L

please.

If you´re able to, please post a screenshot from your "alsamixer" (login to XBMCbuntu - not XBMC - open a terminal, hit "alsamixer" and press "F5") to see if something is mutet. Even press "F6" in alsamixer and check you have the correct soundcard selected.

If you see something like "pulseaudio sound server" in your "aplay -L" try to remove it. Maybe with

Code:

sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio

XBMCbuntu could be the reason for this problems. Maybe try a OpenElec Gotham nightly