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Topic: Foobar, HDMI, AVR and TV problem (Read 1916 times) previous topic - next topic
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Foobar, HDMI, AVR and TV problem

Hi,
sorry for such a long post but the problem is complex.
I have my laptop with foobar simultaneouly connceted with:
- USB to DAC,
- HDMI to AVR,
- miniDisplayPort-HDMI to TV (just as a screen).
I use either:
- USB DAC plus TV (as a foobar screen) for stereo, via ASIO
- HDMI AVR plus TV (as a foobar screen) for multichannel, via Wasapi exclusive.
DAC is not connected to AVR but to different stereo amplifier.

I have all other audio devices uninstalled/turned off in Windows.
So if I listen with ASIO-USB-DAC Windows sees no audio devices at all. Foobar sees only ASIO+DSD.
When I turn on the AVR Windows starts to see new device "AVR" and foobars stars to see new output "default AVR exclusive" (HDMI). And I see all of this on TV thanks to the miniDisplayPort/HDMI cable between laptop and TV.

There is no problem with stereo option.

But if I want to listen to multichannel I turn on the AVR, foobar discovers new output device, I manually change the output to AVR (I have the "pregap DSP" in that particular chain to be able hear the music from the beginning (because of HDMI handshake)), play the music and it is ok until I turn the TV off (because I do not need to "look at foobr" any more). Turning the TV off results in AVR loosing signal/handshake (I do not know how to tell this) for a moment and foobar looses that output (AVR is gone from the list of available outputs- just as if I turned the AVR off) for a moment and then discovers it again. But in that moment music stops and the preferences window opens saying I have to chose the output. But to do it I would have to turn the TV on and mnually play the music from the start.
To make it more complicated - if playing music to AVR and disconnectig the miniDisplayPort cable from laptop the TV turns black (which is obvious because I just disconnected it from the laptop) the music is not heard for a second but it plays all the time (does not stop and does not produce "no output" error).
I tried to change the connection: AVR through miniDisplayPort and TV directly through HDMI. I changed ARC in TV to off/on and changed RHID option in AVR to all available in the settings. I even changed the output HDMI from the AVR to the TV to the one which has no arc option. But there is no change. Whenever I turn the TV off foobar looses AVR as output device and I have to turn the TV on and change everything manually to make it play again.
Is there any option to bypass this?
Disconnecting miniDisplayPort TV for good is not an option because I then would have to have the AVR turned on (at least on standby) all the time just to let it passthrough the video to TV.
 

Re: Foobar, HDMI, AVR and TV problem

Reply #1 –
I found the solution.
The HDMI cable that goes into TV has to have PIN 19 covered with insulating tape. That way I can turn the TV on and off and it does not affect the music playing from foobar to AVR with HDMI.