Originally posted by Larian
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Could it be an alsa or pulseaudio bug? HDMI output sometimes doesn't work ok with some new cards... Maybe the other distro had an updated pulseaudio (1.x vs 2.x) or alsa package? (I noticed many improvements in pulseaudio 2.x and last alsa versions)
I use toslink optical audio output here (I have hdmi on my screen, but I prefer a direct cable to my digital audio receiver), and I have to configure it manually (but that's not bad because I know there isn't many people using optical output)... It isn't difficult neither, I only have to select the output under system settings or using pavucontrol (that's even easier if you change settings several times)...
What happens if you have a PC with 4 soundcards like the other desktop I have here? The user has to be able to select the soundcard without problems, that's why pulseaudio came to the scene...
I don't think that HDMI should be the default... There are more users with normal analog speakers than people using hdmi audio, and there are also other configurations...
EDIT: fixed some typos
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