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Send only video out with HDMI cable

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 2026181524 views
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My laptop has an HDMI out port and my new TV has HDMI in ports. Hooking them up so that I can use the laptop to play movies with sound on the TV works fine. However, I haven't been able to find a way to send out just video without sound. Sometimes I want to keep the audio coming through my laptop s…

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You haven't said which operating system you're using, but on Windows I believe you can just change the default playback device in via the Sound control panel applet. It will probably change to HDMI automatically when you plug the cable in, but then …

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