Sound over HDMI

Leitchy · 19 Aug 2007 at 00:17

Hello All,

Just baught myself a Samsung 50" Q97, and built an media center using the ABIT Fatal1ty F-I90HD motherboard and its onboard HDMI output.

The question is, how do I get sound to go through to the telelvision. I've tinkered with the settings in Vista and nothing obvious is showing up. Is it something to do with the TV settings or....?

Ive installed the latest "Realtek HDMI output" available for vista, and set it to default. Also changed the setting in bios which enables sound to go through the HDMI

This is really frustrating me and can't find the solution anywhere

Phunky · 19 Aug 2007 at 00:43

Install the HDMI sound driver that comes on the disk and also make sure you set the HDMI mode to normal (non DVI) in the bios.

By default it is set to DVI and does not transmit sound.

Leitchy · 25 Aug 2007 at 12:09

Hello,

Yes that is what I downloaded from ATI's website, and the bios is set to normal and still no joy

Really loosing options here and can't think what the hell is going on

Phunky · 25 Aug 2007 at 13:17

Does your TV support sound of HDMI? Not all HDMI devices support it - i know sounds pointless but sadly its true!

A lot of cheap all in one cinema setups dont support sound over HDMI

Leitchy · 26 Aug 2007 at 00:16

Hopefully my TV would support it, being a fairly recent model. Oh well, going to have to look at alterative means of sound at the moment. Didnt want to spend money on a surround system just yet, though may just have to go with a cheap one instead

nickcardwell · 27 Aug 2007 at 11:05

just to add .

go into control panel > sound and audio devices >voice

And then select the hdmi option for sound (ie default sound output)

On my board Fatal1ty F-I90HD , there is 3 options (optical/hdmi and normal output sound)

I flick between optical and hmdi (optical in the living room to the amp, hdmi for the kitchen tv )

Bigpops · 27 Aug 2007 at 14:19

I've got this working on my htpc, which is the same mobo.

I'm using the drivers from here: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Install the audio driver first, then the ATi HDMI one. No tweaking of the software was required (other than the bios setting set to normal), the sound started to come from the TV as it was restarting after installing the HDMI driver.

james.miller · 27 Aug 2007 at 16:18

does the hdmi port handle uncompressed pcm?

jellybeard999 · 27 Aug 2007 at 17:00

james.miller said:
does the hdmi port handle uncompressed pcm?

Nope, it only acts as a standard SPDIF

james.miller · 27 Aug 2007 at 17:18

blast

they need to hurry up and sort get a board out there that can do it lol

jellybeard999 · 27 Aug 2007 at 19:24

james.miller said:
blast they need to hurry up and sort get a board out there that can do it lol

and a video card, since we'll no doubt need both :rolleyes:

james.miller · 27 Aug 2007 at 19:53

jellybeard999 said:
and a video card, since we'll no doubt need both

oh well, yeah. i hope the uptake on that isnt too long

Leitchy · 3 Sep 2007 at 17:28

Well, managed to fix the issue. I was plugged into HDMI port 2 which for some reason doesn't allow sound. WHen I plugged into HDMI 1, I got sound, though the Media Center then refused to pick up the native resolution of the TV

So I'm now stuck with a blurry screen. What resolution should it be set at to work?

Bigpops · 3 Sep 2007 at 20:36

Leitchy said:
Well, managed to fix the issue. I was plugged into HDMI port 2 which for some reason doesn't allow sound. WHen I plugged into HDMI 1, I got sound, though the Media Center then refused to pick up the native resolution of the TV

So I'm now stuck with a blurry screen. What resolution should it be set at to work?

What TV is it? I know Samsung will send out a cable and new firmware (if there is one) to allow 1:1 pixel mapping (or "Just scan"). My mate did this only last week to his Samsung F71 series set, and i tested it with my HTPC - which is the same mobo as yours.

Whatever your set, it's worth checking out if there's a firmware to allow 1:1 though HDMI.

As for resolution, 1360x768 is the usual res, or 1920x1080 if you have a 1080p set.