> decide to watch a movie
> connect my pc to the tv via hdmi
> hdmi audio doesn't work
> look up the status of hdmi audio in amdgpu
> supposed to be merged in 4.15, I am running 5.4.28
> reconnect the tv directly to the hdmi port instead of using displayport->hdmi passive adapter
> still doesn't work
> all troubleshooting tips either recommend enabling kernel options I already have enabled by default, or applying patches which have since then already been merged in mainline
> simply reboot without changing anything
> sway takes 40 seconds to show any output
> mpv hogs one cpu core and doesn't display anything
> there are graphical glitches when moving the mouse
> turn off the tv
> everything is back to normal

if amd has the best gpu drivers on linux, I am scared to try the worst