Need Help NO sound from HDMI interfase.

Hello ppl

I have connnected my monitor with HIghspeed HDMI cable to my GTX 460 GPU
but i can't get an sound through this cable as i activate the HDMI option in win 7 sound settings. I have creative inspire 5.1 home theater.

What may be the problem ? only realtech HD audio can be heard.

Try setting your application (game, player) to "digital" sound.

^ Maybe he somehow pass through the audio output from the TV to the speakers. Although I'm not sure that's possible. Even if it is, then the output from the TV isn't HDMI anymore. Now, I'm the one who got confused.

Tried settings digital and HDMI sound from win 7 sound settings but no use. my motherboard also supports spdif sound support.

I, too, am confused; however, if I am understanding this issue correctly, you need to connect speakers to the mobo. The HDMI can transfer sound, yes, but since you don't have HDMI connected to your integrated 5.1, sound isn't being transfered.

Sound will not transfer via HDMI through a GPU, because a GPU doesn't process sound.

Edit: Maybe it would be easier to help you if posted the make/model of your mobo.

Well, if you have speakers and a hdmi cable the "HD" sound won't work because the computer thinks you want those speakers not the hd.

I am confused what reciever i need ?
i have an HDMI cable connected to my dell ST2320L monitor n GTX 460 VGA card. Now where shud i connect my 5.1 creative inspire ?

That's why I said that the only possible explanation is that the monitor somehow passed through the audio signal to the speakers.

Theoretically, the layout should be something like this:

GPU --(A & V)--> Monitor/TV --(Audio only)--> Speakers

What confuses me is: Is that possible?

Even if it is possible, the monitor audio output to the speakers while receiving input signal from the GPU, the quality may somehow degraded. I've tried something like this, using RCA connectors. But I'm not sure it's the same case if both connections are using HDMI.

GPU to monitor via HDMI will not transfer any sound, whatsoever. This is because the GPU has no sound processing on it. So, forget about getting sound from it.

What we need to understand/determine is how you have your 5.1 speaker system connected. If you have the speakers connected to the motherboard, via the colored jacks, then this is not an HDMI cable problem. Now, on the other hand, if your sound card/mobo has an HDMI output, and you've connected speakers via HDMI, then we have a problem.

Bottom line questions:

1. How are your 5.1 speakers set up?
2. How many HDMI cables do you have connected to your computer?

^ With that said, passing through the audio signal to the speakers is not impossible. If there is some kind of setting to make the speakers as the monitor's audio output while receiving HDMI signal from the GPU, then the speakers should work. If the speakers are using standard audio connectors (stereo), then plug that to the monitor's audio output. Look for the audio output setting while on HDMI input mode.

Of course, all that assuming your monitor has a built-in speaker. I've done that with my old mini home theater setup and custom HTPC. Should also work in your case.

GPU's do not "support" sound. They do however, have a S/PDIF jack that connects to the sound processor, be it mobo or sound card. Connecting the HDMI straight from GPU to monitor will not transfer any sound. What this means is you still need a sound processing device, which is likely reason why the OP isn't getting sound; he thinks that connecting display device and GPU via HDMI will give him sound.

^ Agreed

Maybe you should just not say anything because you are so wrong it's funny. GPU's do support HD Audio. I have one myself that plugs straight into the PCIe slot and there are not other cables and it gets 7.1 sound