[mythtv-users] Complication(s) with display upgrade - need help

[Craig Huff]

Many thanks to all for the inputs so far.

In the meantime, I managed to get the on-board Nvidia graphics (whatever
version it is) to display MythTV on the TV.  But it had no sound.

I went back and looked at the listing for the adapter cable I purchased,
and the listing explicitly stated audio wasn't supported, so even if I have
or can configure the DVI port to include audio, the DVI to HDMI adapter
cable won't pass it along.

I dug out a PCI Nvidia Graphics GeForce 8400 card that had DVI on it and
finally got that working to display video, too, but again no audio for the
same reason(s).

I found a couple of alternatives and am leaning towards this one
<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01H2KXB1A/?coliid=I2FAS6Z1NHKUNL&colid=PEYXYMEOB16R&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it>,
to combine silent DVI video with analog audio if the remaining issue can be
resolved with the current equipment, otherwise I guess it's time to upgrade
the FE.

The remaining issue is that when I tried playing a video "silently", I
noticed with the GeF 8400 adapter that the video acts like it's coming from
a slow ethernet connection -- jumpy, slow-motion video, although I don't
think that the ethernet connection is really the problem.  Might be but
doubt it -- I'll investigate that tomorrow.  Might be that the PCI bus
bandwidth limits things too much?  If this slow, jumpy playback rings any
bells and there's another likely cause with a fix, I'd love to hear more.
I will also try to revert to the on-board video adapter and try a "silent"
video to see if that behaves differently (again, tomorrow) since I didn't
pay attention to that before.  I would expect the latter to be worse about
the playback quality, but...

--
Craig.
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