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Installation issues / No HDMI sound with NVIDIA GeForce 8200

« on: September 22, 2012, 04:19:39 am »

I have done a fresh install of the LMCE-1004-20120915220026485.iso.  My system is an Acer Aspire X3400 with a Nvidia GeForce 8200 graphics card.  I have hooked up the HDMI output to my receiver and get a picture but no sound through the receiver to the TV.    During the AV Wizard setup, I selected HDMI sound but didn't hear anything through my receiver speakers.  However, I do hear sound from my computer speakers.  With my graphics card, can I get HDMI sound to work with LinuxMCE?  If not, do you recommend a graphics card for my system (U.S based)?  If I can get sound, what steps should I try?

lspci -nnk | grep VGA -A3
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200] [10de:084b] (rev a2)
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nvidia-glx-260, nvidiafb, nouveau
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10d3]

File: asound.conf
pcm_slave.convert {
        @args [ RATE CARD DEV ]
        @args.RATE {
                type integer
        }
        @args.CARD {
                type string
        }
        @args.DEV {
                type integer
                default 0
        }
        pcm {
                @func concat
                strings [ $CARD "," $DEV ]
        }
        rate $RATE
}

pcm.spdif_playback {
        type plug
        slave {
                @func concat
                strings [ "convert:RATE=48000,CARD=spdif:0" ]
        }
}

pcm.hdmi_playback {
        type plug
        slave {
                @func concat
                strings [ "convert:RATE=48000,CARD=hdmi:0" ]
        }
}

pcm.asym_spdif {
        type asym
        playback.pcm "spdif_playback"
        capture.pcm "plughw:0"
}

pcm.asym_hdmi {
        type asym
        playback.pcm "hdmi_playback"
        capture.pcm "plughw:0"
}

pcm.asym_analog {
        type asym
        playback.pcm "plug:dmix:0"
        capture.pcm "plughw:0"
}
pcm.!default asym_hdmi

sudo aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidial], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Anolog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0