I use the official dock
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averyminya@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Hm I have not. I have a Denon that I use with a HDMI splitter. Splitter goes into the Denon, Nintendo and Steam Deck go into the splitter.
You may need to look for a specific setting for HDMI audio, I’m vaguely remembering
averyminya@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
lambda@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
It’s not just audio. I have an nvidia shield plugged directly into the receiver and it passes the video to the TV and handles the audio. The Steam Deck doesn’t do anything on the receiver. Even when I try using the same HDMI port and cable.
Plugging the Steam Deck dock directly into the TV is fine, however.
averyminya@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
What you described for the Shield is also how I have my Steam/Switch -> Splitter -> Denon -> Tv. Also my apologies, it’s late, I’ve had a long day and my grandfather gave me a nightcap, so I’m just going to ramble. Be warned, because I’m away from home and this is all from memory. It sounds like we have a similar setup sans TV model, so hopefully this just gives you things to look for.
Are you using the beta or the stable build? And LCD or OLED (can’t imagine it would really matter but it could - I have both so I could look in a few days).
Is there a setting on your Denon regarding HDMI audio, or another user mentioned eArc which I also have on my TV, unfortunately can’t remember how I have that set up. I do vaguely remember playing with those settings to get sound working. I’m fairly sure it was specifically HDMI audio in a settings menu of the receiver itself, but possibly in conjunction with the TV settings too… Could also try to use CEC, which is the handshake to allow devices to control the TV - it has caused problems for people before for the Nintendo Switch, so it could be something like that.
What’s the model you have? I have an AVR-S570 Bluetooth, if they’re both denon I imagine it can’t be too different. Do you view the Denon Receiver HDMI channel when you are connecting the Steam Deck? Does the TV the Denon Receiver, or is it an HDMI1-4? I have a Roku TV so it has has the menu where it can show the content without being on the channel as a preview.
I think my course of action would be to try a different build on the SD (sort of refreshes things and is quick), try your current set up, then try a new setup with different HDMI port (both Denon/TV) or possibly cable, that’s another common oddity. It happens to me so often, I just throw them out in the donate box when that happens, almost always 2.0 or whatever standard failing to perform
If that still all doesn’t work with newest HDMI standards (2.2?), then I would go searching through your receiver and TV audio settings to check if anything is amiss with CEC and HDMI Audio or something along those lines. Make sure that the TV/Receiver/HDMI port are all showing expected things. Good luck, and sorry for the rambling. Basically trying to run down what I remember and pick apart what of my setup was Steam Deck related and what was Roku TV woes. As the other user said, eArc is also a possible boon amongst all of this.
If you have any other questions, I’ll be happy to think more on it