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

James Buckley xanium4332 at googlemail.com
Thu Jun 14 19:53:51 UTC 2007


On 14/06/07, James Buckley <xanium4332 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

Sorry I misread your question. Yes they are SPDIF, none of the cards
actually have a sound card on them, you just pipe the output of an SPDIF
port onto the card (either thru an internal header or just a port on the
backplate).
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