<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Hika van den Hoven <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hikavdh@gmail.com" target="_blank">hikavdh@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Hoi jmk,<br>
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 5:03:26 PM, you wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi,<br>
<br>
> I have an older machine (Asus M2NPV-VM mainboard with integrated<br>
> GeForce6) that I'm planning to connect a LCD TV. My hope is that I can<br>
> do this with a single HDMI cable, no external speakers, etc.<br>
> Unfortunately, I've struck out with my first couple of attempts:<br>
<br>
- DVI->>HDMI (with audio). It sounds like some DVI ports will pass<br>
> through audio. However, testing the various sound options within Myth,<br>
> I'm only getting output from the headphone jack on the computer. Is<br>
> there a definitive method to determine if the card supports this? I<br>
> assume the GeForce6 is just too old.<br>
<br>
- DVI->>HDMI + RCA. The TV has both HDMI and component inputs. It doesn't<br>
> seem to allow video over HDMI and audio over the RCA connections<br>
> though.<br>
<br>
> - New discrete video card. I assume this is my best option at this<br>
> point. Do most nVidia cards with HDMI support audio? Do I need to find<br>
> one with an onboard connector to hookup to the mainboard's SPDIF output?<br>
> Any known working options that are relatively cheap ($30ish)?<br>
<br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Joe<br>
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</span>Check if there is a hdmi audio device. If not there is nothing to<br>
pass-through!<br><div class=""><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Not true... most video cards that allowed audio over DVI did so by providing a header on the card to connect your soundcard card or motherboard's SPDIF header to. They did not include a sound device of their own. For example: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-convert-an-Nvidia-Video-card-DVI-output-to-/?ALLSTEPS">http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-convert-an-Nvidia-Video-card-DVI-output-to-/?ALLSTEPS</a></div><div><br></div><div>You would need to check to see if your video card provided an audio passthough or not, and if you had an SPDIF header on your sound card or mobo.</div></div><br></div></div>