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| 1 | +Version 4.3.4-dev-3-g238e4bbf |
| 2 | +== |
| 3 | +**Enhancement -- HDMI Ports** |
| 4 | +* If your device has HDMI ports, the Shairport Sync help command has previously listed them with a `hw:` prefix, e.g. `hw:vc4hdmi0`. Unfortunately, if you use a name like that as an `output_device` name for a HDMI device in Shairport Sync, the device may not be usable. |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | + But if you use the `hdmi:` prefix, e.g. `hdmi:vc4hdmi0`, it _may_ work: something capable of receiving audio must be connected to the HDMI port and it must be powered on _when your device boots up_. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | + The enhancement is to update the help text for the ALSA backend to denote HDMI devices using the `hdmi:` prefix rather than `hw:`. Now, for example, on a Raspberry Pi 4, the output is: |
| 9 | + ``` |
| 10 | + Settings and options for the audio backend "alsa": |
| 11 | + -d output-device set the output device, default is "default". |
| 12 | + -c mixer-control set the mixer control name, default is to use no mixer. |
| 13 | + -m mixer-device set the mixer device, default is the output device. |
| 14 | + -i mixer-index set the mixer index, default is 0. |
| 15 | + hardware output devices: |
| 16 | + "hdmi:vc4hdmi0" |
| 17 | + "hdmi:vc4hdmi1" |
| 18 | + ``` |
| 19 | + Previously it was: |
| 20 | + ``` |
| 21 | + Settings and options for the audio backend "alsa": |
| 22 | + -d output-device set the output device, default is "default". |
| 23 | + -c mixer-control set the mixer control name, default is to use no mixer. |
| 24 | + -m mixer-device set the mixer device, default is the output device. |
| 25 | + -i mixer-index set the mixer index, default is 0. |
| 26 | + hardware output devices: |
| 27 | + "hw:vc4hdmi0" |
| 28 | + "hw:vc4hdmi1" |
| 29 | + ``` |
| 30 | + ...which is technically correct but unfortunately not very useful. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | + Get more information about the hardware output devices using [sps-alsa-explore](https://github.com/mikebrady/sps-alsa-explore) (also available as a Docker image). |
| 33 | + |
1 | 34 | Version 4.3.4-dev-1-gc945f3a9
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2 | 35 | ==
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3 | 36 | This is effectively release version 4.3.3 -- the starting point for 4.3.4.
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