I have a streaming box connected to my Pioneer SC-75 receiver via HDMI. The receiver HDMI out is sent to a monitor via HDMI that I share with a computer (via DisplayPort).

I can watch movies, listen to music. However, if I just want some background music, I can start streaming it but when I switch my monitor input from HDMI to DP so that I can do stuff on my computer with the music in the background, the music stops playing (I go back to HDMI and the player has stopped playing). It's not that the music is playing and I can't hear it - the player stops.

Is there a way I can make this work - listen to streamed music while using the monitor for the computer?

ETA: Never mind I found a solution / workaround. I disabled HDMI CEC. Now, after switching the monitor back to DP, the music stops but if I hit play again, it starts again. I can't see the streaming the app but it responds to the remote play/stop signals.

Good enough.

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Originally posted by konata88:
Is there a way I can make this work - listen to streamed music while using the monitor for the computer?

In a word, no.

More accurately, not without additional hardware. I'm sure there exists a device that will act as a mixer, take video from one source, audio from another, and multiplex them together to feed to the monitor. However, you are then going to be listening to the under-powered and tiny monitor speakers. Probably more effective to simply buy separate speakers dedicated to your streaming source.

Perhaps if your receiver has multiple HDMI inputs, it can be configured to operate as a mixer, in which case you'd need a DisplayPort-HDMI adapter. Ideally, it would also be able to direct video out and audio out to different destinations.

Finally, don't you have a music application on your computer that will play while you are doing other things?

Thanks. I may have not conveyed the setup correctly. The receiver is connected to a streaming device for data using HDMI. The receiver is also connected to a shared monitor using HDMI Out. Audio however, is through the speaker outputs to LRC and sub speakers (small but good enough). Monitor doesn't have speakers (at least of which I'm aware).

I could have the computer DP out go to a receiver HDMI input. However, I don't want to turn on the receiver just to use the computer.

In any case - I think I've found a solution / workaround. The music pauses but I can start it again after the receiver does some sort of HDMI connection handshake thing again (realizes that the HDMI connection w/ the monitor is lost, pauses the playback but allows playback to continue upon hitting Play again).

your solution is better than mine. I set up a Raspberry Pi with VolumeIO. which feeds my amplified speakers.

Then I remote into the R-Pi from the PC and control the music.

I'm not sure - I'm not tech savvy enough to understand what your setup is even.

I understood two words; it was like - blah blah blah speakers and blah blah blah music.

I wish understood modern tech.

In this case I think your solution is the optimum one.
ARC is made to unifi sources and have one audio (among other things) so disabling it should have the desired effect.
I suppose if you had an additional monitor or display device you could configure something different.

Cool. Thanks. I can live w/ how things are working now. I'm glad I figured out the workaround - just played around with settings I know nothing about.