[mythtv-users] Which nVidia card?

[Scott Chevalley]

On 03/07/2012 03:20 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Jim Oltman <jim.oltman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Gary Buhrmaster
>>> <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 00:43, Pieter De Wit <pieter at insync.za.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> ....
>>>>> Hi Simon,
>>>>>
>>>>> It had faster ram :) Should have put that in the previous email. The
>>>>> 220
>>>>> will do what you need too :)
>>>>>
>>>>> I wanted to do 1080, with HDMI audio, both the 430 and the 450
>>>>> "handles"
>>>>> it on paper. I can assure you the 450 does. I would not doubt the 430
>>>>> can do it.
>>>>
>>>> In 50Hz countries, for deinterlacing, the 430 has been reported
>>>> to have enough headroom to work well.  In 60Hz countries, the
>>>> 430 has been reported to not always be capable of glitch-free
>>>> display when doing deinterlacing.  The 220 is an older design,
>>>> and while it cannot do HDMI audio,
>>>
>>> I believe it can actually.
>>>
>>>> it is a far more capable
>>>> card for deinterlacing (more than fast enough for all countries).
>>>
>>
>> There is audio over HDMI and there's HD Audio Codecs over HDMI.  If I
>> remember correctly, the 2xx series could do _some_ HD Audio codecs, but not
>> the full suite of them.  I don't think it could do DTS Master HD.  I think
>> it could do Dolby TrueHD.  But I'm not certain.
> 
> Ahh yes, precision required when talking about this.
> 
> The 220 will do basic audio over hdmi, but to what level of codec I am
> unsure as i have never had to find out.
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I did notice that if I set it to up convert to 5.1 I would get no sound, but if
I leave it as default I do get 5.1 audio, but since my receiver only does Dolby
Pro Logic 6.1 I'm not worried about the newer HD codecs.