[mythtv-users] DVI to HDMI what about th eaudio??? [FIXED]

[Allen Edwards]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6589810


On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:45 AM, A JM <vbtalent at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> Hi
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>>> 2009/3/2 Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>
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>>>> I just wanted to put out the the group that this MB is capable of
>>>> putting sound out the DVI port and with a DVI to HDMI cable and should
>>>> play with the TV directly.
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>>> Which videocard was it ?
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>> It was DVI on MB, not a video card.
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500016&Tpk=Zotac%208300
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>> This quote from a reviewer:
>> "HDMI audio worked just fine in Vista and XP (I didn't try it in
>> Ubuntu)."
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>> The new alsa driver allows the alsamixer to see the HDMI audio port and
>> allows you to un-mute it.  My assumption is that it would work for this
>> board as well.  The last person I worked with had 3 IEC entries in alsamixer
>> after the upgrade.  One was a slider that needed to be set to 0, one was
>> IEC-HDMI which needed to be turned on and one was the familiar IEC-spdif.
>>  In his case the bios also needed to be set but I don't think that is the
>> case on this Zotac board from reading the manual.
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>> When using a jumper to a video card, the new alsa would not be necessary
>> as this is just jumpering spdif on MB to the video card.  This may be where
>> the later nVidia drivers are required, nobody has confirmed or denied that.
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>> My wiki deals with digital audio and is not aimed at analog audio or ways
>> to disable digital audio in a TV.  I think the emphasis should be on getting
>> the digital audio to work so that the analog connection to the TV is not
>> necessary.
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>> Allen
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> I'll look into adding this to the wiki it's just so unpolished...
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> So, does anyone have experience with updating alsa on ubuntu to the newer
> versions and any problems they had or are having?
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> Allen, interesting information that truely would be a software issue
> then... hopefully someone will chime in with some other experiences.
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> AJM,
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