{"id":17,"date":"2014-09-01T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/2014\/09\/enable-hdmi-audio-on-tv-from-your.html"},"modified":"2015-08-22T00:39:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T19:09:21","slug":"enable-hdmi-audio-on-tv-from-your","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/enable-hdmi-audio-on-tv-from-your\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable HDMI audio on TV from your Ubuntu laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIf you have a laptop with HDMI port, &nbsp;you would probably want to channel the audio output from the TV which has a much better surround sound audio output . Unfortunately, this setting is not available out of the box for Ubuntu. You will have to install a special addon for the kernel to enable that capability. Here are the steps<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Download the deb file for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS from this link <a href=\"https:\/\/code.launchpad.net\/~ubuntu-audio-dev\/+archive\/ubuntu\/alsa-daily\/+files\/oem-audio-hda-daily-dkms_0.201408292114~ubuntu14.04.1_all.deb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>&nbsp; and install it via cli or software centre:&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n&nbsp; &nbsp;sudo dpkg -i&nbsp;oem-audio-hda-daily-dkms_0.20140829~ubuntu14.04.1_all.deb&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">For older packages go to page: <a href=\"https:\/\/code.launchpad.net\/~ubuntu-audio-dev\/+archive\/ubuntu\/alsa-daily\/+packages\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/code.launchpad.net\/~ubuntu-audio-dev\/+archive\/ubuntu\/alsa-daily\/+packages<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then force reload alsa using the following command :&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;sudo alsa force-reload&nbsp;<\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">After that, select HDMI from the sound menu as shown below (for me this<br \/>\noption appeared only after installing the above mentioned package)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sound_008.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/tuxtrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sound_008.jpg\" height=\"188\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Important : <\/b>Once finished, before disconnecting the HDMI cable, make sure to change the output back to speakers as Google Chrome seems to lose sound output if you don&#8217;t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a laptop with HDMI port, &nbsp;you would probably want to channel the audio output from the TV which has a much better surround sound audio output . 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