The Audio output setting decides where sound plays on x86 PCs and arm64 boards
Choosing HDMI or 3.5mm jack in Settings now decides where video sound comes out on an x86 PC or a board running the arm64 image, instead of following whatever output the system had as its default.
If you run Anthias on a PC or on a board like the Rock Pi 4 and video sound came out of the wrong speakers, the Audio output setting now works there. Pick HDMI or 3.5mm jack in Settings and the sound goes where you chose.
Before, on an x86 PC, or on a board running the arm64 image such as the Rock Pi 4, the Audio
output setting did nothing. Video sound came out of whichever output the system had picked as its default,
whether you chose HDMI or 3.5mm jack in Settings. On a laptop with HDMI selected, for example, the
sound still played through the built-in speakers. From Anthias 2026.07.4, HDMI plays through the
HDMI output and 3.5mm jack plays through the analog output.
A laptop or desktop often has HDMI and the analog jack on the same sound card, with only one of them active at a time. When the output you chose isn't the active one, Anthias switches the card over to it. If Anthias can't find a matching output, for example HDMI to a display that doesn't take audio, it plays through the system default as before. Raspberry Pi boards pick their output the same way they did.
If sound still comes from the wrong place, run pactl list short sinks inside the viewer container
to see which outputs exist. Anthias matches outputs by name (hdmi, analog, headphone and
similar), and when none matches the setting, the viewer logs a warning that lists the outputs it
found.