[drivesoslow]

cat /proc/asound/card0/eld#0.0:

Code:

monitor_present        1
eld_valid        0

I only have my Sharp TV plugged into the HDMI

There's your issue right there. fglrx does not appear to be forwarding eld information (eld_valid is false).

There is one thing you could try. I believe the 6550 is actually a renumbered Evergreen part instead of a Northern Islands GPU. This means the radeon OSS driver may be able to support HDMI audio on this card. The OSS driver is probably more reliable.

I have been kicking around trying this. Do you know if the OSS drivers support VAAPI?

I tried real quick last weekend but after switching the xorg.conf to "radeon" for the device XBMC said it needed a graphics card with acceleration and the eld file said:

Code:

monitor_present        0
eld_valid        0

For some reason