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Digital Surround (HDMI) Output

I recently built a HTPC and installed Ubuntu 12.10 on it. It's a Shuttle XH61V with an onboard HDMI connection that I'm using to connect to the TV, which in turn connects to the speaker system (5.1). ...
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HDMI audio muti-channel not playing

I'm facing a problem with multi channel audio in Ubuntu 12.10/Quantal. I've gone around in circles googling for an answer but still no perfect solution. In my case, audio travels over HDMI to TV which ...
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12.10: a setting good for both stereo upmix to Surround *and* 5.1 (hdmi)

primarly asking for directions here, since I seem to be able to find either outdated howtos, solutions that send stereo audio to more channels (and that's not "upmix to surround"), or plain 5.1 ...
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Only HDMI Soundcard listed, not onboard (Ideacenter Q180)

My Ubuntu 12.10 system on Lenovo Ideacenter Q180 sees only the HDMI soundcard, but not the onboard one. How can I fix this? lshw output: Audio device /0/100/1c.3/0.1 product: Caicos HDMI Audio ...
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TV Screen disconnect when playing sound over hdmi

I just spent hours to configure the sound to work with HDMI. My last problem is, when I start playing sound the TV screen goes on and off, like when you change the resolution. When I stop playing ...
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Why must I restart for HDMI audio?

I have a System76 Lemur Ultra laptop, which has an HDMI port. When I plug in the HDMI cable, it is recognized immediately for video, but not for audio, i.e., it does not show up in the Output tab of ...
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how to stream to hdmi and Airtunes simultaneously pulseaudio

The ONLY reason I keep my Windows partition is because I can stream simultaneously from my desktop hdmi and one or more Apple Airport Express< I cannot get this to happen with Pulseaudio. It's ...
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After update, audio won't play through HDMI cable

Yesterday (June 7th) I faithfully updated a bunch of stuff through update manager (though I'm not sure what since I never read what I updated any more because I'm a bad person). Afterward, I ...
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Can't configure 5.1 audio with 12.04

I have an Intel ALC892 and a Nvidia GT 520m connected to speakers via HDMI. On lspci, I see 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) ...
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Static sounds every 20-30 seconds when playing HDMI

When I play a movie on my TV through HDMI, I hear periodic short static sounds. This happens with all players in Ubuntu, so this is not a problem with the player. When I play a movie through HDMI in ...
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Configuring HDMI Audio via command line

I'm looking for a way to configure HDMI audio output via the command line using pulseaudio. I was able to get it running by using pavucontrol and changing it in the configuration tab, but I need a way ...
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Auto-switch audio to HDMI when HDMI monitor/receiver plugged into laptop

I have a laptop with an HDMI port. While we're homeless and staying with friends I've been plugging it into their surround sound receiver with an HDMI cable. To get sound working I have to open up the ...
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Inverted surround channels

I'm encountering an issue with surround sound on Ubuntu 11.04. I managed to play sound trough HDMI but the channels are inverted. For example when Pulse Audio plays on the center speaker, it goes ...
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How to remove Nvidia HDMI audio output in PulseAudio? [closed]

At each reboot, PulseAudio set the profil "HDMI Audio Output" as the default one. So, at each reboot, I haven't the sound under Maverick, and need to reconfigure it each time, to the "Analog Output" ! ...
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Sound over HDMI not working any more after waking up from suspend

So far, suspending to ram and waking up from it works. My laptop's external display (connected via HDMI) works, too. However, what doesn't work is the sound, which works before suspending, of course. ...