[mythtv-users] Video card update fail

[Allen Edwards]

My system is using a Nvidia 6200.  DVI out to the TV and analog to a
monitor. I am running Mythbuntu 16 on an old AMD 5400.  Sound is analog to
the TV and SPDIF to a surround system we use for a few shows.

After many hours I kind of got the new Nvidia 750ti card working.  I could
not get the onboard audio to work no matter what my son and I tried and he
is a Google software engineer so it stumped us both.  I had to cut down a
HDMI connector to get the cable to fit but with that and several hours I
got sound to the TV.  Not a permanent solution as no digital sound to the
surround system.

The final straw was that when I turned off the TV and turned it back on,
Myth was on the monitor and not on the TV.  I tried both checkboxes on the
find new devices and both acted the same.  The driver at that point was
340.  The other choice was 361 which I used at first but switched at some
point to get a picture to display.  Lots of trouble with the video card
reading the TV EDIT wrong and sending out incorrect settings which would
not display at all. Not sure if the driver was the issue but long story
short, I ended up with the 340 driver.

Finally I took out the 750ti and reinstalled my 6200 and sound works, myth
doesn't switch when the TV is off.  Only issue is I got a little better
picture quality with the 750 on VDPAU slim. Any higher level setting just
crashed myth.

I am 7 hours into getting nothing done.  Two of us working most of that
time.  If anyone knows how to solve my problem I will put a few more hours
into it.

By the way, on the sound, we tried at least three audio managers, Alsa,
Pulse, and one command line one to try and get audio out of the
motherboard. Nothing worked.

Allen
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