Yamaha YSP-2200 soundbar - picture but no audio when connecting to PC via HDMI

[Tomonaldo]

Hi there,

This has had me stumped for a while now.

I've got my PC (GTX 970 card, so HDMI output) in the living room, alongside my PS4. I've just got a Yamaha YSP-2200 which I've connected to my new TV (Sony KDL48W705C). The PS4 is connecting via the Yamaha fine and the surround sound audio works well. But, connecting the PC via the Yamaha, I can only get a picture from the PC, not the audio. If I connect the PC HDMI straight to the TV, I get both audio and picture.

Connections as follows:

From the TV:
HDMI cable (ARC port) ---> Yamaha (ARC port)

From the Yamaha:
HDMI cable ---> PS4
HDMI cable ---> HDMI port on GTX 970 (not the motherboard)


What has me stumped is why the PS4 works like this, but the PC doesn't? I've gone into Playback Devices on my PC and it sees SONY-TV4 (Nvidia High Definition Audio), but doing a test results in no sound. I've been through the menus on the Yamaha and my TV, looking for some kind of incorrect audio setting, but I can't see one... I could well be missing something though. As I say, I'm a bit stumped why it's working for the PS4 and not the PC.

Help much appreciated!

PS: I can't see an optical audio on my motherboard (Z170M Pro4S), so sending that straight to the soundbar is not an option unfortunately. Needs to be done by HDMI as far as I can tell.

 

[Latent]

You can work around it by connecting the pc to the tv directly and then passing the audio that does work back down to the sound bar. This can be done over ARC If you can figure out the settings in the tv and sound bar to enable ARC and CEC.

You can also connect a optical cable from tv out port to soundbar input if ARC is a no go.

This solution is not ideal obviously and you go down to stereo pcm but you may not need surround sound as much for this source and with a sound bar anyway.

You should be able to find the audio output capabilities of the hdmi sound interface in a control panel somewhere or maybe with the right third party utility to help narrow down what is going wrong.