Output to Samsung TV

[Doug]

On 01/17/2015 08:20 AM, peter maddison wrote:
> I hope somebody can help me with this problem.
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> I have an ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 which has 3 video outputs; 1 VGA , 1 DVI & 1 HDMI. My monitor is connected via the VGA.
> What I am trying to do is connect my 51" Samsung Series 4 (PS51E450A1W) via the HDMI.
> I have done that by using a HDMI cable, that was the easy part. The hard part is SOUND.
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> How do I get sound to the TV.
> I have tried using the standard audio output which you connect the speakers to but that does not work.
> Yes, there is a SPDIF output next to the HDMI output on the MoBo BUT there is NO SPDIF INPUT on the TV, so HOW do I get sound to the TV???
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> With my previous MoBo, ASUS M3A76CM, I did have it connected to the TV via the DVI to HDMI. How I got the sound to the TV was by using the output which is normally used for the speakers.
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> I did buy a SPDIF cable before I checked the TV to see that there is ONLY SPDIF OUTPUT. I have seen something on eBay <http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Optical-SPDIF-Coaxial-Digital-to-RCA-L-R-Analog-Audio-Converter-with-3-5mm-Jack-/301489588581?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Other&hash=item46322e0965> to convert SPDIF digital to analog but want to be sure that it will work connecting to the audio in next to the HDMI input on the TV.
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> Thanks
> Pete
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Do you have PulseAudio on that system? That's the only thing I know of that will let you have two sound outputs at once.
You have to go to the various PA entries on the menu and set them for simultaneous, or the equivalent, and it took some
fooling around for me to get it to work, but it does. For me, my TV is another room from the computer, so it's nice to
be able to get everything set on the computer and then go look at the movie or whatever on the TV. My local sound comes
from the mobo, and my HDMI sound comes with the video to the TV from a GeForce (NVidia) video card, which also supplies
the local monitor, a 24" ViewSonic. If you have a problem, I will go thru each PA GUI and tell you how it's set.

--doug