Samsung TV has better speakers than my laptop. I want to have audio going through the TV without extra load on my video card. Is such a thing possible?
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Does your TV not also have separate audio inputs (say RCA-style)? Does your notebook have a headphone jack?– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007Commented Nov 10, 2014 at 20:15
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It does and that's what I'll be using in a couple weeks I suppose. I'm at a labour camp right now though in the middle of nowhere with just a HDMI cable.– ronaldCommented Nov 10, 2014 at 20:39
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This will work just fine if you tweak with the settings. I use Catalyst Control Center and i know that it has the option to do this.– Dupree3Commented Nov 12, 2014 at 16:25
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Alright so what I have up here is a Samsung LN22B360C5D. It has PC VGA and 3.5mm input, DVI/HDMI with RCA audio input, AV in for composite RCA (3-pin), and component in for component RCA (5-pin). I've hooked up the HDMI just to get a signal, hooked up the stereo RCA cables from my headphone output on the laptop to the audio RCAs for HDMI/DVI on the TV, disabled the digital audio via nVidia CP, Speakers are default device in sound properties (not digital), but there's no sound. I've also tried a composite cable with the proper source and inputs on the back of the tv, no luck there either.– ronaldCommented Nov 16, 2014 at 6:39
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Headphones work fine when plugged into the headphone output on my laptop while the TV is connected VIA HDMI, so the headphone output works. I also have a male-to-male 3.5mm cable but I can't test it without the TV getting a signal on the VGA port.– ronaldCommented Nov 16, 2014 at 6:43
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As far as I know, the HDMI standard insists there must be some picture, even if it's just black screen.
If that would be OK, then maybe some type of HDMI breakout box to separate the audio - something like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Av-Tool-HDMI-AUDIO-BREAKOUT/dp/B00BBE77H8
I've never tested it, so I've no idea how it would work.
