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
    2011-03-10T01:54:23+00:00

    Hi all,

    i have the same problem connecting my PC to HDTV using HDMI cable i get video but no audio. no HDMI speakers option is showing up under the playback tab the only options i have are high def audio device speakers and Dbus audio speakers I'm using the DVI port on the PC to connect the HDMI cable any help would be appreciated.

     PC

    dell precision 390 Win7  ultimate 32 bit

    video card (NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI)

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-03-14T19:24:59+00:00

    I have a hp dv5 pavillion  with a intel graphic card and i was having the same problem when i upgraded from vista to Windowns 7, but i solve the problem by upgrading the graphic card driver, just go to the intel website and download the latest driver.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-04-02T02:54:35+00:00

    i have downloaded the latest drivers from intel... i have reinstalled them several times i have a laptop, my card is the intel 965, and i use one cable for hdmi... there is no HDMI device that appears when i right click the sound icon to choose the playback devices there used to be one in vista... which used to output hdmi audio is anyone else having this problem? (yoshifizzle, are you and i having different problems? where do you see your device... mine does appear in the device manager, and is listed as working correctly... however as stated above gthe device does not appear when right clicking the icon in the taskbar)

    yes i am having exactly the same problem and its **** me off any1 who can fix this for me is a god/goddess and i will lov lov longtime

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-05-24T02:00:04+00:00

    I'm not sure if I had the same problem as y'all since I didn't have much time to read through everything. I only had video display through HDMI and no sound. I had been using Windows 7 before the problem arose. I thought the original problem had been that i had accidentally deleted the option to put audio through HDMI through the Realtek sound manager thing, and although the option is still not visible through Realtek to use my TV as audio I found that going through the control panel > Display > Connect to a Projector (Right Side) > Projector Only, Audio & Video will both go to my TV. If the problem had been resolved I apologize for the double post, but if not I hope this helps!

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