Bug 89479

Summary:	HDMI audio won't pass ac3 through another device
Product:	DRI	Reporter:	Chris Adams <linux>
Component:	DRM/Radeon	Assignee:	Default DRI bug account <dri-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED MOVED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86-64 (AMD64)
OS:	Linux (All)
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Description Chris Adams 2015-03-07 00:15:48 UTC

I have an AMD E-350 system (Radeon HD6310).  When I connect it directly to my receiver and play a file with AC3 audio, the receiver properly switches over to Dolby Digital decoding.  However, when I connect the HDMI to another device's pass-through (Vizio TV, Xbox One), the receiver stays in stereo mode and I get garbage audio.  Other devices can send Dolby Digital through (e.g. I tried a TiVo Roamio through the Vizio TV), so I know it can be done.

I'm guessing there's some bit of HDMI handshake not happening when the Radeon tries to switch modes and is connected to another device, but I don't know how to debug that.  Please let me know what I can do to figure this out.

I'm testing this with a trailer downloaded from hdtrailers.net, playing with either XBMC or VLC.

Comment 1 Chris Adams 2015-03-07 00:19:50 UTC

Sorry, left out that this is a Fedora 20 x86_64 system, up to date with Linux kernel 3.18.8.

Comment 2 Martin Peres 2019-11-19 09:02:14 UTC

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