<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Jim Stichnoth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stichnot@gmail.com">stichnot@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I thought you guys might enjoy reading this...<br>
<br>
With my new Vizio HDTV, I decided to see if I could reduce cabling by<br>
using the HDMI-1 input (audio through HDMI) instead of HDMI-2<br>
(separate stereo audio input). Everything worked until I tried<br>
playing a DVD rip, which gave no audio. I figured it was a digital<br>
vs. analog audio issue, and I dug up all the discussions here, messed<br>
with alsamixer and so forth, but to no avail. Finally I gave up and<br>
reverted to HDMI-2.<br>
<br>
Later, I remembered that my nvidia card has only DVI output, not HDMI,<br>
and I was using a DVI<->HDMI cable for the hookup. So, why was I<br>
getting any audio in the first place? Wild.<br>
<br>
Also, when I reverted to the original HDMI-2 TV input, I got no sound<br>
at all. A sinking feeling of WAF-loss descended on me as I<br>
desperately messed with alsamixer and everything else I could think<br>
of. Finally, I realized that I had swapped the TV's audio inputs from<br>
the myth box and the DVD player. D'oh!<br>
<br>
Jim<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><div><br></div><div>The audio is on the same data stream as the video so the DVI-HDMI is not the issue. The issue would be that the video card would need to get the sound from the sound card.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It is amazing how complex this stuff is. Guess that is how people can make a good living just hooking this stuff up for folks.</div><div><br></div><div>Allen</div>