windows 7: Can't get HDMI audio - the hdmi device does not appear under the playback devices

Anonymous
2009-05-22T05:38:40+00:00

so yeah you've probably gathered my problem from my title.

i have an integrated intel graphics chip (interestingly enough the intel control pane,l through which i used to control the majority of the devices functions, did not survive the upgrade... it is nowhere to be found)

so i've updated the drivers, and checked the playback devices, and my hdmi cables are plugged in

i get video but no audio, and am not sure i am just missing something simple.

eitherway i've done a lot of searching and have yet to find an answer any help would be much appreciated!

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Anonymous
2011-11-07T04:20:01+00:00

Hello spedlifeshow,

The issue here can be one of several issues, the following may apply:

  • The HDMI graphics card may support HDMI Video, but may not support HDMI Audio
  • You may need to set the HDMI audio device as the default sound device
  • You may need to update your HDMI video card drivers for your version of Windows
  • If your HDMI video card does not support audio, you may need to connect additional audio cables between the PC and TV

For the steps for some of these issues see the following No sound tutorial (look on the Check your Hardware tab under HDMI cables).

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/no-sound-in-windows

Hope this helps

LD.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-05-07T07:09:57+00:00

    This works perfectly .

    Thanks AJBX!

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-05-31T16:31:42+00:00

    Guys, got an answer for this. Just click on the volume controller on the lower right panel. Click Mixer, the on the device picture click the drop down to enable your HDMI device.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-06-08T16:20:04+00:00

    I dont know whether you guys have tried this but it works for me. Try :

    control panel-device manager-system devices-high definition audio controller.

    Enable it. In my case i have 2 high definition audio controller. Disabling one of it will disable the pc speaker & digital audio/spdif. Disabling the other will disable the ATI HDMI output with the tv icon. Enabling both will enable all sound playback device. You can actually open the sound playback device window and see the icon comes and goes as you play around enabling and disabling the audio controller.

    Give it a try. Just sharing what works for me

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-07-27T01:34:20+00:00

    I have a HP DV5 1000us with an intel gma x4500 with intel duo p7350. When I was using windows vista x64 bit my hdmi sound/video worked great on my plasma. When I upgraded to win 7 x64 bit I lost audio like most of you. Video is still good, device manager says its working properly but it does not appear in my playback devices as everything else does. I removed and re installed the sound driver, and after restart a window popped up labeled "Driver Software Installation" and it says "searching preconfigured driver folders". Been doing that for the past 20 minutes.

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