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    HDMI Audio on Dell Inspiron 1525

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bamboo711, Jan 5, 2009.

  1. bamboo711

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    Hey everyone,
    I recently hooked up my Inspiron to a Sharp 32 inch LCD panel through an HDMI connection. Now, the video works beautifully on it, but I am having some problems with the audio. Instead of going through the Sharp 32 LCD speakers it still goes through the laptops. What can I do to make it go through the Television speakers?
    Thanks for the Help!
     
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    Try this, right click on the speaker icon on the bottom right and click on Playback Devices and click on HDMI enable as default and click ok.
     
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    Well I just figured out that the audio works for most things, except for some video things that I try to look at on the internet. Is there a possible codec that would fix problems like this? Thanks for the help!
     
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    You can try out a codec pack. I use the K-lite Mega Pack or there is also the CCCP.
     
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    So I tried K-Lite and it worked for a while and then stopped working. Any ideas why?
     
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    What did you do in between the time it was working and when it was not?
     
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    All I did was take the HDMI cable out and then connected it back into the tv and the audio started playing through the Inspiron speakers again.
     
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    Did you change your settings back to HDMI enable as above?
     
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    HDMI was still the main source for audio in the playback devices. Weird right? I mean it'll work again I just have to install the codec everytime for some reason?
     
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    That doesn't make sense. Have you tried rebooting after you installed the codecs?
     
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    No, am I supposed to do that after installing them?
     
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    Oh.... and GO BUCKEYES.... if you're interested in their game right now.
     
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    How about trying FFD Show?

    But I not have a hdmi-enabled pc/desktop to test output though..but by itself on pc, it work great...plays 90% of stuff I throw at it.

    Of course for real media files, i do need to install realplayer lite codecs.
     
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    I have a Inspiron 1526 and a Benq E2400HD monitor I got a month ago...
    after trying everything I found that by going into control panel > sound
    I then had to disable the pc speakers & the spdif options and now I have the HDMI sound!!! :cool:
     
    Professor B, Jan 18, 2009
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