[mythtv-users] Preventing FE changing TV HDMI source at Boot

[Chris Lewis]

On Feb 28, 2014 9:32 PM, "Gary Buhrmaster" <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
>> .....
>> Short of disconnecting the cable from the TV, I don't think so.
>> The design assumes you want to watch from a port that gets the signal
>> the other side has just switched on, Which normally is the case.
>> With scart (analog) it is a pin that is set high, so you could
>> disconnect that pin. But with hdmi is a digital signal.
>> Possibly you can set your video card, not to send the activation signal,
>> but I haven't heard about that.
>
>
> CEC is signaled on a single wire, so one could construct a
> cable (or modify one) to cut that wire.
>
> The easier solution is (probably) to use a DVI <-> HDMI adapter
> on your video card, since DVI does not have a CEC connection.
>

Thing is the hdmi is carrying sound too!

Chris
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