No worries, it’s easy to do and the back of your TV probably has a dual RCA-style “audio in” jack you can use with a simple audio splitter from Radio Shack or similar to accomplish the same goal. If yours doesn’t show this then you might have an older MacBook or other Apple Mac product and might then need to have a separate audio cable hooked up to your TV. Look for your Audio (Built In) and make sure that there’s an HDMI / DIsplayPort Output option, like so: Now, if it’s still not working, launch the “System Information” application that you’ll find in “Applications” > “Utilities”. Easy once you realize that it’s not an automatic switcher.
Once I’ve switched the output audio, it should automatically be feeding audio to the TV so a quick test with the movie trailer should work great, audio and video both.
It just means that I’ll have to adjust the volume on the TV itself rather than on the computer.
Method 3: If the issue persist, run the audio device driver software in compatibility mode and check if the issue is resolved. Restart the computer and check if the changes are effective.
Right click on the sound card driver and select Update option. Expand Sound, video and game controller option.
“The selected device has no output controls”. Press Windows key + X and click on Device Manager. I click on “Samsung” and get an interesting warning message at the bottom: See the second choice down, however? That’s what we want, for the Samsung HDTV we’ve plugged into: The default audio output is “Internal Speakers”, so it’s no surprise that while we’re seeing the video on the TV, the audio is still being piped out of my MacBook Pro speakers. To switch it, choose System Preferences off the Apple menu, then look for “Sound”: It all looks good, but the audio is coming out of my computer even as the video is being fed to the HDTV. I’ll start with a frame from a movie trailer (can you identify it for two points?) Let’s start there and then if it’s still not working, I’ll show you what to look for in your hardware configuration app to check your HDMI / Display Port capabilities. Switch that and *poof* you’re good to go! It’s about mid-2008 that the Apple hardware started to support HDMI audio, based on the research I’ve done, and there’s a pretty easy way to find out if your particular device works or not.īefore we do that, however, odds are that the problem is much simpler: your Mac probably just isn’t configured to use the HDMI adapter as the audio output for your system when you have things plugged in. It is best to start a new post, rather adding on to an already existsting, as you will get more people looking at it, and thus offering more advice/sugestions.How old is your MacBook? If you have one that’s too old, it turns out that it might not be able to push audio through your DisplayPort, in which case the HDMI adapter isn’t going to be able to perform miracles, sorry to say. If the sound suddenly stopped working on your MacBook Air then follow along to this video and you’ll have w. If these do help your issues, please post back, there may be other options. This is a walkthrough to fixing your mac’s audio. So it seems that (for some reason) the original default setting does not recognize a headphone being inserted, but after performing this "resetting" it seems to come to its senses and behave properly from then on I moved the format back to the original 2ch-24 integer setting and the headphones continued working. Go to Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup/Built-In Output/Output and in Format change from the default 2ch-24bit integer to any other format (say, 2ch-32bit float). Right click these two files and select "Move to Trash". Select Computer, then Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences To get more aggressive you can try these options:Ĭlose all windows and quit all applications. app and see if you can select built in there. Have you tried cutting the end off a cotton swab and GENTLTLY swabbing the the headphone swabbing the port 9 00 clock to 3:00 clock, there is a micorswitch that some times gets "hung up" and this can free up the witch.Īlso you can try going to to applications/utilities/ Audio MIDI Set up. Try setting the sound to Internal Speakers. Try plugging the headphones in and out 10-12times, while toggling the volume and mute buttons.