On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Christopher Kerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris@theseekerr.com">chris@theseekerr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Mark Greenwood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fatgerman@ntlworld.com" target="_blank">fatgerman@ntlworld.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On Wednesday 18 Nov 2009 21:56:28 Patrick Doyle wrote:<br>
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> Basically, I don't know what I don't know here. So I'm going to go<br>
> off on a digital-audio-over-hdmi hunt (in fact, I've already started<br>
> it), and I would sure appreciate any tips or pointers for where to go<br>
> to figure this out, short of buying a mobo that won't work w/ my TV.<br>
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</div>The HDMI specification is not just a video interface, it's a Multimedia interface. This includes Audio. Every HDMI chipset ought then to be capable of video and audio. So if you buy an external video card, ALSA should find it and it'll show up as a separate audio card - you shouldn't end up using the onboard audio at all. You may have to fiddle with .asoundrc files but I'd be very surprised if it didn't work.<br>
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Mark</font></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div> <br>It's also possible to buy a device which take a DVI/HDMI video input, and a coaxial or optical SPDIF input, and creates an HDMI with digital audio output. It all happens in the digital domain, so it -should- be flawless.</div>
<div> - Chris<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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