(07-09-2024, 07:45 PM)stevef link Wrote:This is very odd.  I obviously don't have the same hardware, but have a system with an HDMI port that had never been connected.
Cabled the computer to the HDMI port on a TV and was able to get sound and display working on the TV as expected with just a few clicks.

Quote:when i selected HDMI the bar remains totaly dead. system is not even trying to produce sound through HDMI.

Can you list what you do to select HDMI ?

I just go to audio mixer and select hdmi from there, also in vlc media player audio device select hdmi output or headphone if they are plugged in. it remains selected in subsequent restarts.  on an unrelated note, the software updater is prompting that 4 important updates are avilable but when i click on it it stops in the middle with message "software update has been canceled"