https://wiki.froelix.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Setting_default_ALSA_output_to_HDMI_audio 2026-04-06T19:15:21Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.25.1 https://wiki.froelix.com/index.php?title=Setting_default_ALSA_output_to_HDMI_audio&diff=35&oldid=prev 2010-09-02T19:32:05Z

<p>Created page with &#039;To view all available ALSA devices run the command &#039;&#039;aplay -l&#039;&#039;. You sould see something like that: $ aplay -l **** Liste der Hardware-Geräte (PLAYBACK) **** Karte 0: SB [HD…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>To view all available ALSA devices run the command ''aplay -l''. You sould see something like that:<br /> <br /> $ aplay -l<br /> **** Liste der Hardware-Geräte (PLAYBACK) ****<br /> Karte 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], Gerät 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]<br /> Sub-Geräte: 1/1<br /> Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0<br /> Karte 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], Gerät 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]<br /> Sub-Geräte: 1/1<br /> Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0<br /> Karte 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], Gerät 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]<br /> Sub-Geräte: 0/1<br /> Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0<br /> <br /> In this case the HDMI audio output is ''device 3'' on ''card 1''. To set this as the default ALSA output, create the file ''/etc/asound.conf'' with the following content:<br /> <br /> pcm.!default {<br /> type plug<br /> slave.pcm {<br /> type hw<br /> card 1 # HDMI card number<br /> device 3 # HDMI device number<br /> }<br /> }<br /> <br /> Just restart yor PC. That's it!</div>

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