# Using PulseAudio on HDMI

> A practical guide to configuring PulseAudio for audio output over HDMI on Linux, using pavucontrol to move games, videos and music to the right device.

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- Date: 2019-02
- Language: English
- Tags: Tutorial, Linux, Article
- Originally published at: https://dev.to/tiagodanin/usando-pulseaudio-no-hdmi-c3f

After migrating to PulseAudio, I had a problem trying to use the laptop's HDMI output. Games, videos, and music were not playing through the HDMI output.

## Solution

Install pavucontrol.

```
$ pacman -S pavucontrol
```

Then open pavucontrol, navigate to where your HDMI device is, and click the activate button.

Now it's the default audio output device. :)

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