Muting HDMI Sound


  1. Posts : 34
    Windows Home Premium 32bit
       #1

    Muting HDMI Sound


    Is there any keyboard key or combination which will mute HDMI sound?

    I have a Radeon 5670 video card which connects to an HD TV through HDMI.
    Sound works fine except I cannot adjust the sound level or mute the system
    sound without navigating through several layers of graphic, mouse activated
    selections. Since my card is an ATI, I do have Catalyst Control Center with
    hotykey functions but they do not include a muting capability for HDMI.

    I can mute and adjust sound level to the TV using the remote, but that requires
    grabbing another piece of hardware which always seems to be just out of reach.
    Since nVidia has the capability to mute HDMI sound, I figure ATI must have some
    way to do it also.

    Any help appreciated!
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  2. Posts : 72,046
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Rhinse,

    You should be able to adjust your volume and mute it by clicking on the mute button from the Volume icon in the taskbar notification area.
    Muting HDMI Sound-mute_volume.jpg
    Other than your remote, some keyboards will have a mute button on them.

    Hope this helps some, :)
    Shawn
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  3. Posts : 34
    Windows Home Premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Well, I appreciate the comment and am aware of he sound icon in the tray, it still involves
    mouse movements which are more difficult with a wireless touchpad and movement over a
    screen resolution of 1920 x 1080. I would really like to have a single key solution.

    I came across NIRCMD.exe (NirCmd - Windows command line tool) a little while
    ago and, although it is supposed to work in Windows 7, it will not mute HDMI sound.
    Something like this that would work for HDMI audio would be perfect.
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  4. Posts : 705
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #4

    My wireless Rii remote has a mute button, one click and its silent.

    Amazon.com : Hausbell ® Mini H7 2.4GHz Wireless Entertainment Keyboard with Touchpad for PC, Pad, Andriod TV Box, Google TV Box, Xbox360, PS3 & HTPC/IPTV(White) : Keyboard And Mouse Sets : Electronics

    Looks just like this but does not say Hausbell, anyway it has been really good working.
    Keyboard not lighted which I wish it was.

    There are variations of this.
    Ok, I found ours on Amazon which is where we got this.

    http://www.amazon.com/Rii-Wireless-K...ds=Rii+mini+I8

    The battery looks like a lithium cell phone type. The advantage of RF is it just works vs bluetooth which may not work. When I first bought this, people were complaining about bluetooth versions failing to connect.
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