[mythtv-users] HDMI Nvidia card that just works? Audio too?

[Jongi]

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:53:52 +0200, James Crow <james at ultratans.com> wrote:

> Jongi wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:42:43 +0200, stalks  
>> <mythtv-users at stalks.nooblet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, the adapter can carry the audio. Some cards have native HDMI out,  
>>> some come with an adapter. If they have the SPDIF input connector on  
>>> the PCB, but only DVI out, that it will be okay to use a DVI -> HDMI  
>>> adapter. It will come with one.
>>>
>>> Usually before you buy the specifications on your favourite site will  
>>> have information regarding whether it has the SPDIF connector. I have  
>>> bought a card before and it didn't include the cable, thats hit and  
>>> miss, unless you badger the supplier to open the box and find out  
>>> there is no way to be sure. Its a simple pair of copper wires though  
>>> so could probably be bodged.
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>>
>> Oh this is interesting. I was thinking of buying a 9500GT with HDMI  
>> out. So what this tells me is that if I connect the SPDIF from the card  
>> to my mobo, the HDMI out will cary both the video and the audio? If  
>> this is the case it makes me very happy.
>>
> I have a total of four cards capable of VDPAU. Three of them support  
> SPDIF pass through. One of them (a 9500GT) came with the cable to  
> connect my MB output to the video cards input. The other two support  
> SPDIF passthrough, but did not come with the necessary cable. I was able  
> to pick two of them up from an auction site for ~$10. I have one 8400GS  
> card that does not support audio passthrough and it lacks any input  
> connector.
>
> Someone earlier in the thread asked about DVI->HDMI and audio. I have an  
> 9500 card that supports audio pass through but only has DVI output. When  
> I connect it to my TV with a DVI->HDMI cable I get audio through the TV  
> speakers.
>
> The one potential downside is that you can lose the ability to adjust  
> the volume from within Myth without decoding/re-encoding audio from  
> within alsa.
>
> Cheers,
> James
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I already have HDMI via my onboard 8300 (M3N78-VM mobo) and I don't have  
Mythtv controlling the volume on that. So that won't be a loss for me at  
all.

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