[mythtv-users] HDMI and analog audio and Vizio

[Allen Edwards]

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:39 AM, John Finlay <finlay at moeraki.com> wrote:

> I have a Vizio DFP TV that I conect to my mythtv system using HDMI
> (adapter) from a Nvidia 8600GT using DVI. I think that card has the
> capability to convey digital audio but I'm not using that. Instead I am
> using analog audio out to the TV. But it seems that the TV is not using the
> analog input and (I speculate) expecting digital audio via the HDMI. There
> is no setting in the TV to force using the analog audio input. I have tried
> the procedure outlined in
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Configuring_Analog_Sound_DVI_to_HDMI to try
> force the card to not send a null digital audio signal but the Vizio still
> won't use the analog input. Is there anything else I should be looking at to
> get the analog input to work?
>
> john


The obvious response is to get the jumper and jump the digital audio from
the MB to the Video card.  I would guess this would be easier than working
around it and you would get better sound, although probably not better to
the point you could tell ;)

Allen
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