Cant get HDMI audio working on Linux AppleTV
#1
I have been following these instructions and so far everything is working fine except for the HDMI audio.

Here is what it says to do:

Code:
Set up the HDMI audio output

After reboot, XBMC should start up automatically. You might have some strange colors. Just unmute the HDMI audio output by running alsamixer.

ssh to your appletv

ssh [email protected]

alsamixer

-> unmute IEC958 1 (that's the HDMI audio output)
Save the driver setup:

sudo alsactl store 0

You can check the device by running:

aplay -l

You should see:

card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]

Go to XBMC Audio output settings and choose custom for the Audio output device.
Set it to: plughw:0,3

That's it, you should have sound over HDMI!

I get the proper output with aplay -l and set the Audio Output to custom, but still there is no sound at all. Anyone have any ideas whats going on?

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jason@ubuntu:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC885 Analog [ALC885 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC885 Digital [ALC885 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
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#2
bump.... im so close to getting it up and working. Just trying to resolve this last little issue.
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#3
What did you put in "Custom audio device"?
Did you put: "plughw:0,3"?

Have you tried playing a video?
You won't get any sound in the menu.
xbmc.log: /Users/<username>/Library/Logs/xbmc.log
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#4
Beenje Wrote:What did you put in "Custom audio device"?
Did you put: "plughw:0,3"?

Have you tried playing a video?
You won't get any sound in the menu.

That is exactly what I put in for Custom audio device, minus the quotes.

Why wont we get any audio in the menu? Any other time I have used XBMC, not on a Linux AppleTV, it has menu sounds and the initial jungle when XBMC starts.
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#5
Ok got it to work! But I cant select Digital as the Audio Output option, Analog with 2.0 speaker configuration. Any thoughts?
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#6
Anyone have any thoughts?
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#7
codeblue2k Wrote:Ok got it to work! But I cant select Digital as the Audio Output option, Analog with 2.0 speaker configuration. Any thoughts?

Can you be more specific, are the buttons disabled ? Is downmix selected ?
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#8
in the audio setting when I choose Digital or Analog I can only get sound with Analog. When I choose digital I get no sound
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