@limebar @elsemusic are you trying to get the audio through the TV speakers? If so, you have to use HDMI ARC, which is a special cable, and you have to use the correct HDMI input on the TV. (Sorry if that's obvious!)
I have an HDMI ARC splitter + little DAC that splits the audio off from my computer's HDMI connection so that I can send it to some powered speakers and send the video on to the TV. That has been awesome!
Hmm.
My tv has a single hdmi-arc connection which i'm using to go out to a soundbar. I was assuming I could just swap this pc in place of the roku, send av to the tv and then out via arc. Maybe this is why hdmi audio doesn't even show in the neon system settings
Ugh. I can do a test and try the arc port
But also this reminds me I was relying on hdmi cec to control the soundbar with one remote... Maybe not possible given this confusion. Hmm
@limebar @elsemusic yeah hdmi audio gets complicated. I say that as a person who is totally comfortable wiring up and using 3 48-channel patchbays. :laughing:
@limebar @elsemusic I think a soundbar really complicates things. FWIW, my setup, which I find as convenient from a hardware perspective as any Roku-style streaming device, is products like these (Amazon links for convenience):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BML42L6X
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VDQQY95
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZXCX73T?th=1
And some old Mackie studio monitors (why I need the analog audio).
The keyboard has a programmable IR remote on the back, so I turn the TV on with that and wake up the computer like a computer.
@limebar @elsemusic Because I can't stand not to complete the thought :laughing: :
I'm using CachyOS booting into Steam Desktop mode, which works perfectly for me for Jellyfin and games, which is pretty much all I do. Seems like the stuff you're trying to get more of a streaming stick experience would probably work very nicely with a setup like this, although the soundbar thing may be a sticking point.