[mythtv-users] HDMI Motherboard w/ nvidia chipset?

James Buckley xanium4332 at googlemail.com
Thu Jun 14 19:52:47 UTC 2007


On 14/06/07, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/14/07, James Buckley <xanium4332 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On 14/06/07, Henry A Harper III <hah at alumni.rice.edu> wrote:
> > > > Steven Adeff wrote:
> > > > > I've yet to see any PC HDMI output which allows you to carry the
> audio
> > > > > on the cable =(
> > > >
> > > > Alas.
> > >
> > > Saw this on Tom's Hardware the other day about ATI HD 2900XT which has
> > > onboard audio output via HDMI:
> > >
> > http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/08/avivo_vs_purevideo_hd/page6.html
> > >
> > > As for Linux drivers to use this hardware functionality, that's
> something
> > > else entirely. Looks like a big noisy fan on it too.
> >
> > there's loads of nvidia 7600 cards with hdmi out (incl. sound). Actually
> > getting hold of one is a different matter however...
> >
> > Newegg have some. I'd recommend a 7600GTX, as when mythtv-vid develops a
> > little you'll have the grunt to do some of the more fancy deinterlacing
> > methods etc...
>
> Interesting, do they have a S/PDIF input for the audio or?
>
> The receiver I'm getting has the ability to take the audio off of HDMI
> and pass the video untouched. New receivers will definitely start
> having this feature which saves on having to run a separate S/PDIF
> cable (and allows the transmission of multi-channel PCM for things
> like HD-DVD/BluRay).


It depends on the company who made it. Gigabyte and MSI are the two main
ones, can't remember who uses which (spdif and optical). You can always make
a converter, as signal wise they're identical, just one is electrical and
the other is optical.
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