Sound Problem VIA VT1708S

[dtto86]

Hi, I am not getting sound. My onboard sound chipset is Via VT1708s. Using vlc to play mp3s and video files. Here is what I did:

[root@mypc:~] kldload snd_driver
[root@mypc:~] cat /dev/sndstat 
FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/amd64)
Installed devices:
pcm0: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> (play)
pcm1: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> (play)
pcm2: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> (play)
pcm3: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> (play)
pcm4: <HDA VIA VT1708S_0 PCM #0 Analog> (play/rec) default
pcm5: <HDA VIA VT1708S_0 PCM #1 Digital> (play)
[root@mypc:~] kldload via_8233  
kldload: can't load via_8233: No such file or directory
[root@mypc:~] kldload snd_hda
kldload: can't load snd_hda: File exists

I went through this page and found that it is supported by snd_hda module. I have added

snd_hda_load="YES"

in /boot/loader.conf file.

 

[phoenix]

Your soundcard is correctly detected, as evidenced by /dev/sndstat. However, the default sound device (/dev/pcm0) is associated with the DisplayPort connector. The standard analog audio jack is listed as /dev/pcm4. You need to change the sysctl that sets the default audio device.

Add hw.snd.default_unit="4" to /boot/loader.conf and then see if you hear sound. Play with that setting to find the correct output.