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Message: <blockquote data-quote="patargen" data-source="post: 550385" data-attributes="member: 92732">solution for hdmi cable to tv has no sound on win 8.1I have been struggling with this problem for months and have tried every suggestion I could find online and none worked in my case. I have an HP laptop running Win 8.1. but i FINALLY stumbled on the solution and will share it here ...first, test your hdmi cable and make sure it is working properly.  I have a second laptop (an Asus running Win 7) and connected that to my tv using my hdmi cable and the audio worked perfectly right away.  so that ruled out any possible problems with my hdmi cable or my tv (note that my tv is a Philips and I will be referring to it in my solution described below).the key is that you have to set your TV to be the DEFAULT device for playback sound.  if you don't have this set, the audio will continue to come out of the default device, which is your computer ...follow these exact steps in order:1) connect your hdmi cable to your tv but not to the pc2) turn on the tv (make sure that it is not muted) and set it to the hdmi source channel3) OK, go back to your pc now ... you need to access your computer's Sound option ... you can get to it from the control panel/Sound option or directly from the speaker icon in the taskbar as described below)4) RIGHT click the speaker in the bottom right of your pc screen, on the taskbar (you may need to customize your taskbar to force it to appear if it is not there already)5) select "Playback devices" from the menu that appears6) in the new window that appears labeled "Sound", note that there is one or more audio options there, but only one is the default (it is denoted by a green check mark)7) you want to see your TV appear in this list, but it is not there and that is the crux of this problem8) leave this Sound window open!9) find a video that you want to watch on your tv, open it and start playing it10) shrink the video window down enough so that it can be seen and the Sound window is next to it, completely visible as well at the same time11) plug the hdmi cable into your pc jack - your pc screen image will now be on your tv12) BUT if my solution works for you, when you look at the Sound window on your tv screen, it will now have one more playback device listed - your tv!! as I wrote earlier, I have a Philips brand tv and in my list of Sound playback devices, Philips is now in the list, whereas when I viewed this exact same window on the pc seconds earlier, it did not appear13) highlight your tv device in the list and click "Set default".  make sure the green check mark is now on the tv device in the list, instead of on your pc speaker device.  then click OK to close this Sound window14) your audio should now be coming from your tv, rather than your pc!!15) note that you need to do this every time you want to project your pc screen image via the hdmi cable to your tv.  but when you switch back to your pc, the audio automatically defaults back to the pc speakers and your tv disappears from the list of devices16) also, once you test this and if it works for you, you can leave the hdmi cable plugged into your pc permanently (so you can ignore that instruction in step 1 above)hope this works for some users, good luck <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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