[PROBLEM] How to keep HDMI audio stream alive?

[Tim Curtis]

@Tim Curtis I found MPD "always_on" option documented here: [https://mpd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/use...io-outputs]

I added it to the audio_output section in /etc/mpd.conf but it seems this file gets overwritten automatically.

AFAIK that option only applies to the HTTP server output. It won't have any effect on device audio outputs.

[Tim Curtis]

Keeping the audio output open (or playing "silence") has to be done by the player i.e. MPD and it doesn't support that.
IIRC there is/was an issue posted in the MPD repo to provide this capability but I don't know its status.

Keep ALSA device open at all times #1599
https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/issues/1599