MacBook HDMI to TV has no sound

Hurray for JasonRay307. This works perfectly. Thanks. Saved major aggravation.

@onarcok that was the only solution for my situation. Thanks for posting it.

Well, a regular Apple support advisor and a seniror advisor could not solve my problem, as I suspected. They were nice enough and even offered to have my computer checked at an authorized Apple store. Don't think I'll do it. I will just have to live with it.

hi maxfs, try doing all of the steps again....i was helping a friend with her laptop (vista) and tv, and she had few aha moments.....she had sound but no pic....we figured it out tho

also, do u leopord or lion?

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and don't give up.....apple support was not all that great when they tried to help me about something and i had to call 3 times before i got someone who understood the problem and helped me resolve it......these things cost enuff, they should perform the way they r supposed to, and support people r more than compensated for their time

Thanks a bundle, got my HDMI playing as it should!

My macbook is connected through a mini port, it is currently connected and on "mirroring" however when I press and hold option and click on my voum button, it does not give me the option for HDMI or TV..... running Mountain Lion.

Yea I'm having the same problem. I have a Macbook Pro which I bought in November of 2012. I'm running windows 8 on my mac. Problem is I can't get the sound to work on my 32inch Sony hdtv. Any help I could get would be awesome.

Thanks! really helped!

Hi MaxFS,

I was having the exact same problem as you and getting extremely frustrated that I could not play movies with sound simply through an HDMI cable on a new Retina Macbook Pro.

I have found one solution for some things.

First, download and install the VLC media player:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Once you have made sure you have the correct audio settings as seen above, open the VLC media player. One of the top drop down menus is labelled "Audio". Click this, go to "Audio Device" and select HDMI there.

That is currently working for me, and will hopefully enable you to at least watch some content this way!

Andrew

Thanks Andrew, I tried all the steps above but nothing - the VLC tip worked a treat - I did already have VLC as it was a must on my PC, looks like it wins again! :-D

Nothing worked for mine. 13-Inch Late 2011 model. Ive tried it on 4 different tvs (samsung, element, vizio, panasonic) with 7 different cords of various types (standard, high speed, gold plated)...And nothing works. Even tried the above suggestions (Option+volume button). If anyone has anything else please let me know. I really want to connect my macbook to my TV and use it as a monitor while my macbook is mounted on my 12south stand!!!!!!

I just fixed this on my late-2011 13-inch Pro by restarting with the mini-DP-to-HDMI adapter plugged in, and my HDMI device turned on.

After searching forever, this is what helped me after many days of being frustrated.

I have:

2011 Macbook Pro

3 week old Vizio 42" smart HDTV

15" HDMI to Thunderbolt cable off Amazon.

First the obvious:

System Pref - Display - Mirror, etc

Then in System Pref - Sound - Sound Effects, make sure that "Play sound effects through" is clicked on your tv. This didn't change until I went in and did it. This is what made it work for my tv. Then the obvious Output - HDMI.

Also go into Apps - Utilities - Audio MIDI setup, and make sure the HDMI is selected.

Thanks for posting this! This solved my problem.

I had the same problem and solved it by going to Applications > Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup.

Select the HDMI device in the left menu and change the "Format" option to 41000.00Hz.

This worked for me, hopefully it'll work for you too. 🙂