[mythtv-users] Shopping for new hardware: Audio & discrete video?

[Jon N]

I did see something about audio hardware on the video card somewhere
or other (I've looking in a lot of places, and no longer remember
where I saw everything).  But when I check the specs of a couple of
Nvidia cards on Newegg it did not list anything.  Of course, those
specs aren't really meant to cover every last detail, but I thought
audio hardware would be listed.

Maybe I would have to go back the the Debian group for the next
question.  Since I will end up with 2 audio chipsets in the computer,
1 on the Mobo and 1 on the video card I wondering how to make sure the
one I want gets chosen.  I do know that MythTV setup does have a menu
choice related to sound.  Will automatically offer both?  Or will it
depend on something I have to set up when installing Debian in the
first place?

Thanks,
Jon

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 11/13/2013 9:13 PM, Jon N wrote:
>>
>> I was hoping to use the HDMI on the card for both video and audio to
>> my AV receiver.  But on the Debian mailing list I was told that it
>> either isn't possible, or it is but it will probably be very
>> difficult.  It seems to be that steering the digital audio to the PCIe
>> slot so it can make it's way to the video card's HDMI isnt' something
>> that could be done easily
>
>
> Got a link to the mailing list thread? That would be an amusing read. Many
> of us have been doing exactly that for years. Perhaps the user on the
> mailing list doesn't realize that every modern graphics card contains its
> own audio core, and you're not attempting to "steer" anything anywhere.
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Jon