Sound to play through receiver? From graphics card to reciever

Hannibal Evony · Jan 2, 2014

HI, I'm trying to get sound to come out of my speakers for my reciever but have been unable to do it and have read many different articles on this subject.

First off i have dual 660 ti's using nvidia surround with 3 monitors and then i try to hook up my reciever to another connection to be able to relax and watch movies on the tv at night however i can't get the sound to come out of my reciever speakers at all. I get the video to show up through my reciever to my tv but no sound at all. Does anyone know any way to fix this for me.

RobCrezz · Jan 2, 2014

right click on the speaker in the bottom right, then click Playback devices. Does your reciever show up as a audio device? If so, select it then click set as default.

Hannibal Evony · Jan 2, 2014

No it doesn't show up down there.

RobCrezz · Jan 3, 2014

Hannibal Evony :

Check windows update for the Nvidia HDMI audio driver.

Hannibal Evony · Jan 3, 2014

No there is no windows update. And i should mention that the playback devices does give the option of my tv but even when i try to test it no sound comes out fo the tv at all.

RobCrezz · Jan 3, 2014

Can you explain exactly how everything is cabled up?

This should work fine. I have a pc, my Onkyo amp is connected via HDMI-in to the PC, then also connected to the TV by HDMI-out.

Hannibal Evony · Jan 3, 2014

Okay so i have my computer going to the reciever via hdmi and then the reciever going to the tv via hdmi. Then i have triple monitors hooked up in surround via 2 dvi and 1 display port connection. I also have computer speakers hooked up that work just fine when i have them enabled and using them. I have unplugged them and tried to get sound from reciever didn't work.

RobCrezz · Jan 3, 2014

Hannibal Evony :

In playback devices you should see the TV/Reciever. You should just need to set this as the default playback device.

Hannibal Evony · Jan 3, 2014

I have set it as the default but still no sound comes out at all.

RobCrezz · Jan 3, 2014

Hannibal Evony :

What reciever do you have? You might need to change a setting on there, try Direct audio if thats an option, or DTS?

Hannibal Evony · Jan 3, 2014

i have sony str-DH 540

RobCrezz · Jan 3, 2014

Try plugging directly to the TV, do you get sound there?

Hannibal Evony · Jan 3, 2014

no still i get no sound but if i look at the playback devices screen and the green on the side is moving like it is playing sound just none of it is coming out.

RobCrezz · Jan 3, 2014

Are you plugging the HDMI into the primary graphics card?

Hannibal Evony · Jan 3, 2014

RobCrezz · Jan 3, 2014

Very strange..

You could try uninstalling the Nvidia HDMi audio driver from Device Manager, then downloading and installing the latest Geforce drivers?

Alternatively you could put your sound through the AMP using optical audio out if your motherboard has that connection?

Hannibal Evony · Jan 3, 2014

I have tried having an optical cord from motherboard to reciever and no sound at all. But i might have wrong setting for that as i don't know which setting exactly it is suppose to be set at for it to play the optical.

RobCrezz · Jan 3, 2014

you will need to select that on the amplifier.

Sorry, im not sure what else to suggest at this stage.

Hannibal Evony · Jan 3, 2014

The problem is i can't find a setting for the optical at all on the receiver

RobCrezz · Jan 3, 2014

Hannibal Evony :

It should just be selectable as an input. It might be labeled on input it self, as line in 1 or line in 2?

Hannibal Evony · Jan 3, 2014

thats what i thought it should be but no input for it at all.

Hannibal Evony · Jan 3, 2014

I finally got it to work through the optical i just started pressing everything on the remote and eventually i got it on a setting that it played the optical. But you were super awesome to help me

RobCrezz · Jan 3, 2014

Hannibal Evony :

Fantastic! Glad you now have it working!

Hannibal Evony · Jan 3, 2014

the real problem is i had the hdmi coord plug into the same input that plays the optical so the hdmi was overiding the optical so no sound from optical. But stupid that they block me from using one of the hdmi ports in the reciever if i want optical sound. Should have its own input

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