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No audio output over minidisplay port/hdmi since upgrading to 10.6.4

I use a Griffin "video display convertor" (as recommended by Apple's support article for ext displays) to output 1080p with audio over hdmi via mini displayport on my 27" iMac (core2Duo model). While I sometimes had to manually tell OSX to use the mdp output as the audio output instead of the speakers despite my chosen app being set to use mdp regardless, it worked fine.

However since upgrading from 10.6.3 to 10.6.4, I have lost the ability to change audio. In system preferences, only the internal speakers are given as an option. In other words, 10.6.4 seems to have broken my audio out by removing the choice. If this were another mac I could be forgiven for thinking audio out wasn't supported over mdp, but I know better then this.

No other system changes have been made that could account for this. I'm using the same cables and tv. I've reconnected everything, rebooted and also power cycled the tv, all to no effect

Message was edited by: Dandy_Sephy

iMac 27", Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jun 19, 2010 3:17 PM

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Oct 20, 2010 5:45 PM in response to Dandy_Sephy

Hi Guys, I had this problem of no audio over HDMI when connecting Samsung 40" Series 7 LCD as second monitor using the Moshi HDMI mini display port adapter. After seeing this and several related posts I was going to wait for 10.6.5 and see if it got fixed.

I also have EyeTV installed (great software) and it recently did a version update. I noticed in the release notes that it mentioned a HDMI Audio issue being fixed so i gave it a go and all is good! I can now select the Samsung as the audio output and it works beautifully.

So looks like the guys at Elgato may have figured out what got broken in the 10.6.4 update and have come up with a fix. Whether it is specific to EyeTV I don't know.

Cheers
Muddy

Nov 15, 2010 5:19 PM in response to Dandy_Sephy

Does anybody know of a way to get audio out working on the MDPs that reside on the Radeon HD5770/5870? I have both, and neither output audio from the MDPs, despite using NewerTech's adapter. Both cards do have an audio controller onboard - in Windows I'm asked to install software for an ATI HDMI Audio controller. I can't get audio out in Windows either (HDMI audio path device does not show up in Windows), and I can't get audio out in OS X either, regardless of OS version.

It'd be really nice to have this functionality. 🙂

Nov 16, 2010 5:10 AM in response to Dandy_Sephy

An update on my previous post (why can't we edit?)

I have audio out via the mini displayports working... on the Windows side. But no matter what I do, it's being blocked somewhere on the OS X side of things. Does anybody know which file(s) control the MDP audio output in OS X for the Radeon 5770/5870 cards? It'd be nice to be able to free up my optical digital port on my AVR for my PS2 and use the HDMI port from my Mac Pro.

No audio output over minidisplay port/hdmi since upgrading to 10.6.4

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