[mythtv-users] Shopping for new hardware: Audio & discrete video?

Raymond Wagner raymond at wagnerrp.com
Thu Nov 14 02:48:30 UTC 2013


On 11/13/2013 9:13 PM, Jon N wrote:
> I was hoping to use the HDMI on the card for both video and audio to
> my AV receiver.  But on the Debian mailing list I was told that it
> either isn't possible, or it is but it will probably be very
> difficult.  It seems to be that steering the digital audio to the PCIe
> slot so it can make it's way to the video card's HDMI isnt' something
> that could be done easily

Got a link to the mailing list thread? That would be an amusing read. 
Many of us have been doing exactly that for years. Perhaps the user on 
the mailing list doesn't realize that every modern graphics card 
contains its own audio core, and you're not attempting to "steer" 
anything anywhere.


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