So I got this board few days ago and been playing round with openelec only reason is because I don't want to pay MS any money ! Anyways for the life of me I can't seem to get the audio through HDMI working. I've tried every built (Stable - PVR B2). So I am now using XMBC + Ubuntu Build and the audio works fine after install but it takes too long to boot (like how Openelec boots) and wanna stay with it.

So if you have this board and have sound working through HDMI please give me direction on how to get this working. I have some or limited knowledge with xbmc but not to where i can modify files or the asound.confi (Btw that file is not in the <openelec\config> folder).

Any help would be great...btw this board is on sales from fry's for 64$ after rebate so not bad.

Thanks

/storage/.config/asound.conf will not exist unless you create it. SSH into the box and post the output of "aplay -L" and "aplay -l" commands

hey chewitt thanks for youth help...

here are output (now these output are from the xmbc + ubuntu install)

:~$ aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
dmix:CARD=Generic,DEV=3
HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 0
Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=Generic,DEV=3
HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 0
Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=Generic,DEV=3
HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 0
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=Generic,DEV=3
HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 0
Hardware device with all software conversions
front:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Digital
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
dmix:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=SB,DEV=1
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Digital
Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=SB,DEV=1
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Digital
Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=SB,DEV=1
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Digital
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=SB,DEV=1
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Digital
Hardware device with all software conversions


Here is the output for a play -l

~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


Here are the output for Openelec fusion beta 2 none-pvr installed....

root ~ # aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
default:CARD=SB
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=SB
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Digital
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

Here is for a play -l

root ~ # aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

i guess it's the same from xmbc+ubuntu install. So now i have openelec installed and xmbc+ubuntu blown away! oh I should also mention that I am trying to do passthrough via HDMI if possible....

thank!

This is what I did to get the sound working while playback (menu sound still does not work).

Go to XBMC GUI - Audio settings and set both (normal audio device and pass-through device) on custom with the following entry plughw:0,3

Thats it. Restart is probably necessary.
Tell me if it works for you.

I am using a Asus 35M1 board with an AMD E350.

@chewitt: any idea why my menu sound is still not working? I did not create a asound.conf file at all.

Hi

any one get menu sound working on AMD E350 ? via HDMI ?

Thanks

Ian