Newbi here needs help troubleshooting

[stevef]

Difficult to provide specific help without having similar hardware.

Neither of the two audio devices listed are obviously HDMI

Can you show us the output of these two commands

Code:

inxi -aA

Code:

journalctl -b | grep -i hdmi

please ?


If you look in Volume Control do things look right ?

Click 'Menu' and begin typing 'Volume Control' into the search box
When you see 'Volume Control in the list, click on it.
In the window that opens select the 'Output Devices' tab
Ensure 'Show' at the bottom is set to 'All Output Devices'

If your HDMI audio is recognised, I think there will be an entry for Built-in Audio Digital Stereo showing the Port as 'HDMI plugged in'.

If you see that, ensure the volume slider for it is near 100% and ensure it is set as fallback (the tick on the right).
Having done that, set an audio file to play, you should see the level meter responding if the system is trying to output over the HDMI.