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On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 03:17:53PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I'm finally joining the 21st century having purchased my first new |
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> TV in more than 13 years. My laptop runs KDE with Nvidia drivers. I'm |
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> wondering what the process is to switch the audio & video output of my |
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> laptop the its HDMI port? I'd like to try using xine to play DVDs. I |
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> assume in Linux I'm going to have to mess with both Alsa and X which |
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> in the end sounds like a disaster waiting to happen but I figure I |
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> might as well see if it's actually easier than I think. |
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> […] |
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> Anyway, just looking for someone to point me in the right direction. |
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I am administrating the laptop of a friend of mine. She’s running KDE 4.4 on |
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Debian Squeeze with Intel graphics and an external monitor/TV. KDE can switch |
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audio to an external monitor by itself using System settings → Hardware → |
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Multimedia → Phonon. There, in the Device Priority tab, you’ll have to change |
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the order of items (i.e. put HDMI to the top) and then all programs that use |
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phonon route their sound to HDMI. |
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I *believe* that when the monitor is not present (after all, it’s a laptop), |
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the sound should automatically be routed to the next device in the list. But I |
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think that we had some problems in that regard. But then again, she’s running |
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an outdated KDE. |
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Gruß | Greetings | Qapla' |
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I forbid any use of my email addresses with Facebook services. |
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Die schwierigste Turnübung ist, sich selbst auf den Arm zu nehmen. |
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