Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (Laptop-HDMI-TV)- No audio + stuck on start screen

[Andthorn]

So here's the issue:
I'm trying to play DSII in my TV through an HDMI cable in my laptop. I have noticed that when I play only on teh TV screen, theres no sound, and as long as the HDMI cable is plugged, the game wil get stuck on the start screen. If i plug it off and restart the game, It won't get stuck. But I want to play it on my TV so, here's what I have tried, and NOTHING has worked:

1. Connect HDMI, activate only TV screen, then start game=NO SOUND+STUCK.
2. Connect HDMI, activate dual screens, the start game= SOUND ON LAPTOP+STUCK.
3.Start game, go through start screen, connect HDMI, activate only TV screen = NO SOUND
4. Go to the .exe file of DII and play in compatibility mode (for windows 8 and 7) using 1, 2 and 3 steps = same results.
5. Changing the font size to 100% to all devices, Connect HDMI, Start the game = DSII windows mode. everything works fine until I go Fullscreen = NO SOUND, STUCK.
6. Setting the same resolution for my computer and DSII, saving those changes, then connect HDMI and repeat solutions 1,2,3 = FAIL, same results.
7. Check game's cache integrity + steps 1,2,3 = everything is fine, but still no sound.
8. Reinstalling etc etc does not work (when does it ever?)

So basically I can only play through the TV getting TV sound in Window mode without getting stuck on start screen.
Of course, my speakers are ALWAYS set to use the TV sound device, not my laptop speakers.

So in short words, whenever I try to play through my TV I can only do so In windowed mode, or by sacrificing sound entirely. I find it bothersome to play in windowed mode, or getting sound from my laptop while playing on the TV.

Is there a way I have not posted here that might fix this issue?
I would very much appreciate your help.

I have an Inspiron 7566 15" 4k laptop, Windows 10, Nvidia gforce gtx 960 m graphics card, 16 RAM, and ALL my audio and video drivers are up to date. Everything on my machine is up to date. I am using windows 10.

[Ruodwolfo]

I have the same problem. Exactly the same. If anyone could help. Thanks

[Danté]

still looking for a solution for this. It worked for 2 days without an issue and now I have this exact issue.

[warslad]

Not sure about the freezing at the start screen, but there should be a windows audio or video(I forget which and am away from my computer so I can't check) setting that controls whether sounds are played through the HDMI or through the computers sound system. I use a TV as a monitor through an HDMI cable but get sounds from a speaker system running off the computers headphone jack.

[hellofishy]

Hey! Did anyone ever figure this out?

[Andthorn]

Nah, in the end i just played it in my laptop

[Cetox.]

i had this problem for a long time and last time i updated my graphics driver through geforce experience i set it to optimize configurations
next thing is i try opening the game in my second monitor (as i wanted) and it worked fine

[Macro_Penis420]

I have this same problem. Windowed -> fullscreen = no HDMI sound

[Rexheemoth7]

So it's like 2 years later but I've found either a workaround or a solution.

I had the exact same problem to the point where I rather play DS1 and 3 (I still do but not for the same reason now), so one day decided to do another run and put up some more hours, but DS2 SotFS wouldn't start, I opened the game and when I press any button to start the game, it would just crash, three times in a row where enough to make me think 'probably I should google the problem' and after 3 articles saying nothing more than the rubbish those undeads carry around, I noticed the 3 of them attribute the problem to the same thing and had the same variable in common, the 3 of them where trying to play on a laptop and an external monitor or TV, so I figured, maybe something wrong it's going on with the HDMI drivers, so the solutions, finally.

WORKAROUND.
Start the game on your laptop screen, and when you finished loading your character make the laptop project to the second screen only (windows + P or F4 on some laptops). There's a probability you'll end up with no sound, and for that, the definitive solution (For me anyways).

DEFINITIVE SOLUTION.
While playing with no sound I remembered the same thing happens on Skyrim, and the solution in that game was to either play in borderless or play the sound from the laptop, the thing was that in DS2 there is no borderless option in the video settings, you have windowed or fullscreen, no bueno, so I figured, I use an external speaker anyway, but it was plugged to the monitor, so I plugged it directly to the laptop and DISABLED the HDMI sound output (Right click on the volume icon in the bot corner of your screen -> select SOUNDS -> Go to PLAYBACK on the window displayed -> DISABLE the monitor sound output making your laptop the main sound source) and with that I was able to launch the game without doing the whole switching monitors thing and still getting the speaker quality sound, so easy right?

I found out that you have to disable the HDMI or monitor sound output because Windows likes to do whatever it wants to do, and after restart it may change the sound output to the monitor again, so disabling it made the trick.

Worth mention that I use an external speaker, so I have no difference on sound volume and quality, but if you use the speakers on your monitor or TV, this particular solution may not tickle your pickle, because the speakers on your TV or monitor are way better than the ones on your laptop, but there is no other way, probably the workaround it's more suited for you, it's annoying, but you only have to do it when launching the game, so it's not such a big deal, unless you get no audio with the workaround, then, you my friend are f***ed. Blame the developers.

Hope someone found it useful, and sorry to make you read as much... And for the bad english, it's a second language for me.

[shaun]

Have you tried a new home cable cause it's working fine for me on my laptop hooked up to tv

[cgseb]

when you connect the hdmi the resolution changes to the one that your tv has, generally it shows through a message in the screen. try disconnect the hdmi, run the game and change the resolution of the game to match your tv. exit the game and connect the hdmi before you run it again. it worked for me, i had the same issue and used to played it in the tv with a bluethooth speaker.