[mythtv-users] Sound card

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mitchell.gore at gmail wrote:

> I would give your internal header a shot first. you can build a Copper 
> header with about $3 in parts. Thats what I did and i have 3 different 
> motherboards thru the years and the on-board has usually worked by just 
> putting ALSA:spdif in Myth and un-muting the out in alsamixer. 

and 

adeffs.mythtv at gmail wrote:

> but check your motherboard for a SPDIF header pin (will be a 2 pin or 
> 3 pin plug and should have "SPDIF" printed next to it, or check the 
> manual if you have it) first, if its got one already no reason to 
> waste a PCI slot/extra power/etc. 

Any more info on this?  Links to building such a header?  I have a
motherboard with built-in 7.1 sound, but no SPDIF-out.  Is
building/installing this header pin as easy as it sounds?  Any soldering
on the motherboard?

Thanks.

J.S.