[alsa-devel] Nvidia hdmi problems

[Takashi Iwai]

At Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:46:19 +0200,
Nir Tzachar wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> > At Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:28:25 +0200,
> > Nir Tzachar wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello.
> >>
> >> Updated to the latest linus-git tree, and pulled in the sound-2.6 tree.
> >>
> >> The good news are that by following Wei's instructions (adding the
> >> device id in patch_nvhdmi.c), I managed to get audio through the hdmi.
> >> Goodie.
> >
> > Could you give details?
> >
> 
> I just did this:
> 
> > You can try to add device id (0x10de8001)  to snd_hda_preset_nvhdmi
> > table in patch_nvhdmi.c.
> > You also need to install latest display driver.
> 
> and told alsa to play through the third pcm device.

Thanks.  So it's just a missing entry.

Wei, do you have a patch for this addition?


> >> The bad news are that mplayer misbehaves and will get stuck every time
> >> I try to change the volume. However, this does not happen in vlc.  Any
> >> ideas?
> >
> > Well, we need to sort out where the problem comes from.
> > Try the vanilla Linus tree without sound-2.6 whether the problem
> > persists.
> 
> I'll try to remove the sound-2.6 tree and report.

That'll be helpful.  Thanks.


Takashi