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I have the following setup:

  • Ubuntu 14.04 Server
  • Latest Nvidia video drivers
  • ALSA installed
  • PulseAudio NOT installed
  • XBMC 13.1 Gotham installed

The problem:

running speaker-test -c2 -D plughw:1,7 produces sound via HDMI out, as expected, and the XBMC log suggests that the card is detected, but I'm still not getting any sound in XBMC.

Relevant Information

  • The output of id is uid=1000(louist) gid=1000(louist) groups=1000(louist),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),100(users),110(lpadmin),111(sambashare), so I am in the audio group.
  • I checked alsamixer and S/PDIFs are all unmuted on both audio devices.
  • The device selected in xbmc is called Default (HDA NVidia HDMI 0).

aplay -l

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: VT1708BCE Analog [VT1708BCE Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: VT1708BCE Digital [VT1708BCE Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: VT1708BCE Alt Analog [VT1708BCE Alt Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

aplay -L

$ aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
sysdefault:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
dmix:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Analog
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=Intel,DEV=1
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Digital
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=Intel,DEV=2
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Alt Analog
    Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Analog
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=Intel,DEV=1
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Digital
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=Intel,DEV=2
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Alt Analog
    Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Analog
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=Intel,DEV=1
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Digital
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=Intel,DEV=2
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Alt Analog
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Analog
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=Intel,DEV=1
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Digital
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=Intel,DEV=2
    HDA Intel, VT1708BCE Alt Analog
    Hardware device with all software conversions
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=7
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 1
    Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=7
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 1
    Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=7
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 1
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=7
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 1
    Hardware device with all software conversions

xbmc.log

dmesg

Does anybody know how I can go about remedying this problem?

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  • NOTICE: m_displayName : Default (HDA NVidia HDMI 0) isn't that your HDMI device?
    – CL.
    Jul 19, 2014 at 8:49
  • @CL., Seems so, meaning that something has changed recently (it wasn't there before...). Still, I'm not getting any audio output, so any help would be appreciated. I'll edit the question. Jul 19, 2014 at 14:47

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