Nick Koretsky composed on 2016-05-18 09:59 (UTC+0300): > On Wed, 18 May 2016 01:09:19 -0400 Felix Miata wrote: >> Via manual selection in VLC, which offers about 20+ devices to choose >> from, sound via HDMI works. However, system sounds and Youtube in FF only >> work via the analog pin jack. TDE control center makes no HDMI device >> offering. Anyone here know the secret to making HDMI default sound source >> everywhere? >> alsa-info.sh output: >> http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/alsa-info.txt-d9stretch-a88x-easyst > Well, according to this HDMI is card 0 in alsa, so unless you > have /etc/asound.conf that changes it it should be alsa default. no such file /etc/asound.conf > But... it says you have pulseaudio installed, and unless you have taken > effort to setup it in a sane way it is probably in an "alsa takeover" mode > (why maintainers of ALL distribution do this by default is a greatest > mystery of 21-st century, i suspect some vicious conspiracy). This means > all apps use pulse even if you instruct them to use alsa, so you have to > select default card in pulse (pavucontrol) instead. Or disable "alsa > takeover" mode in pulse. pavucontrol command not found Lacking instruction for "takeover" mode manipulation, I purged pulseaudio*. That killed system and Youtube sounds, but left 'aplay -vv -Dhdmi:0,0 foo.wav' and VLC working. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/