[ptmuldoon]

I've been searching all of last night and this morning on trying to get Navigations sounds working via hdmi, with no success.

I've searched "asoundrc +hdmi" and "navigation +hdmi" and have read multiple posts on the issue, but no clear precise answers on how to fix it.

First, in XBMC (latest version), my audio settings are all set to HDMI, and Boost Volume, DD (AC3) and DTS all checked on. I have sound from all my videos and music collections. Just missing the navigation sounds.

I've tried modifying both the /etc/asound.conf and creating and adding an .asoundrc file

I'm actually a little uncertain if the .asoundrc file belongs in either the
/home/user/.soundrc or in
/home/user/.xbmc/.soundrc

but all attempts so far to get the navigation sounds working have failed. When running "aplay -l" my hdmi is on card 0, device 3 as shown

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC887 Analog [ALC887 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC887 Digital [ALC887 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

My current /etc/asound.conf file looks like this

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "hdmi"
}
}

pcm.!hdmi-remap {
type asym
playback.pcm {
type plug
slave.pcm "remap-surround71"
}
}

pcm.!remap-surround71 {
type route
slave.pcm "hw:0,3"
ttable {
0.0= 1
1.1= 1
2.4= 1
3.5= 1
4.2= 1
5.3= 1
6.6= 1
7.7= 1
}
}

and my .asoundrc file is also currently this:

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "hdmi"
}
}

The only thing I not tried and am hesitant to do so is download the asound.conf file from pastebin that I've seen others try doing.

So after searching and searching. Does anyone have a clear answer on getting navigation sound via hdmi?