Mac mini no sound through hdmi
All i can hear is sound from the Mac Mini's internal speaker. Please advise how i can obtain audio from the TV. The Selected Device has no output controls. Help in this regards is highly appreciated More Less. Helpful answers Drop Down menu.
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I am experiencing similar issues with no real solution yet: I have a Mac Mini connected to a Sony Bravia HD TV via an HDMI cable sound output via TV speakers was not working when I first connected the two about 4 mos ago couldn't figure it out- and just used an headphone cable to connect the mac mini to a stereo somewhere between then and a month ago I disconnected all incl. In not sure if I had this before or not - dont completely remember seeing it, but vaguely do I've also updated my macmini whenever an update is released within a few days She then recommended that I go into the Apple store and have the mini checked out I asked to have it hooked up to one on display - so I could see for myself.
I still could not adjust the volume bar it went greyed out - but I could crank up the tv volume directly and get sound.
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Sort of While now I could get sound - it was not the same as before where I could control the sound through the mac - only directly through the TV. The Apple guy said that he didn't know what I was talking about - and said that they way the machine was now working was the proper way. He unhooked my mac mini, and gave it to me, and walked away.
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Same result as in the Apple store. I could control sound directly via the TV, but not through the mac mini controls. Tried to wake the mini - but couldn't. Had to resort to pressing the button at the back.
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When the mini came back, I had no sound at all coming through the TV speakers, even though the sound preferences settings were still the same. I had to resort to shutting down the mac mini, and then unplugging the power on the mini for a few minutes. Powering back up, sound was again able to comefromt eh mac through the TV speakers - but still could not control sound using the mac mini controls Thats where Im at so far Thanks in advance, MAJM. View answer in context. Loading page content. I think the problem is in the HDMI handshaking processs.
I turned everything off, then turned each component on again, first the TV, then the Yamaha, then the Mac. Great sound! It is all about content protectin - you would probably have no trouble if you could send the sudio separately via the optical interface. BTW the volume control in Safart won't work, but the one in iTunes works fine. It appears to be a handshake issue. In some random combination of turning one thing off and turning the other on, I managed to get audio to work. My video and display are a bit dated but I got it to work. My equipment is listed below.
Onkyo HTR Hope this helps others. I just ignored the message: Works fine. Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. TedBell TedBell. Wireless Speciality level out of ten: To fix it, I went to the sound utility in the "control panel.
Need to do this under two separate tabs in the sound utility. Don't think it's a handshake issue after all.
Maybe it is for other people. Hopefully it helps someone else. As with all computer problems, you can start to solve the problem by replacing pieces of the system. Do you get sound with it hooked up to a different tv? What about replacing the cable?
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What about hooking up something else with hdmi out to the tv. If there are any other pieces involved like home theater audio system , pull them out. That will at least let you know what the source of the problem is. Sometimes you get a black screen, sometimes you get no audio, sometimes both. But no, it was those stupid files. Just nuke them. This thread is closed to new comments. Tags mac.