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Playing back audio from JRiver with no monitor attached

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tzr916:
This is an EDID issue. You will need a hardware EDID device to trick Windows into thinking that the display device is always on. I tried several, including HDFury 4k but gave me issues. The one that worked out of the box for me is Atlona ETU-SYNC EDID Emulator:
https://atlona.com/product/at-etu-sync/

I connected this between the HTPC out and the Denon AVR in. Follow instructions to copy EDID. Now I can turn off the Tv, even turn off the AVR, and Windows doesn't care. This is a critical device if using multiple monitors on Windows.

BryanC:
My TV (Hisense U8K) explicitly has an "audio only" mode in the quick menu, I select it and my eARC soundbar continues to function perfectly with the screen off. Maybe your TV has a similar setting if you hunt for it.

tzr916:
My tv upstairs does not have screen off mode, so I ended up creating a picture mode preset with the contrast and brightness turned all the way down. Getting it back to the normal picture mode is the tricky part  ;D

The Sony in my main home theater room does have a screen off function, which I do use sometimes. But powering the tv and/or avr down at night with multiple monitors gets real messy on Windows => open apps get resized and moved around to different monitors, theater view goes all screwy, audio devices change, etc.

rlmartindale:
No joy...ARC is turned off on all HDMI inputs on the receiver and there does not appear to be a blanking setting for either the TV or the receiver.  Is there one in JR?

Its not a big enough deal to spend $300 plus to fix it...maybe i will just throw a blanket over the TV.

tzr916:
ARC has nothing to do with EDID. Tv's and AVR's do have any user settings for EDID. Some have claimed that newer NUC's with Intel GPU's have an EDID persistent setting.

If you search for "Atlona AT-ETU-SYNC" on eBay you can get them used for $40~$50, right now there's one brand new for $60.

EDIT: Should read "Tv's and AVR's do NOT have any user settings for EDID"

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