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

Craig Huff huffcslists at gmail.com
Sat Mar 24 23:22:41 UTC 2018


On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
wrote:

> Good advice.  And, as I was trying to say in my post, at least try setting
> the audio output device to the HDMI on your nvidia card.  It may well work,
> even with the adapter you have.  (I definitely wasn't saying to get the one
> I got--only that it works for me even though many of the reviewers say it
> doesn't.)  A lot of manufacturers just flat out say audio won't work
> through their adapter so they don't have to explain the requirements for
> the circumstances where it will--that it will only work with certain DVI
> outputs, generally on certain video cards with certain video drivers, and a
> properly-configured system, and ...
>
> Oh, and FWIW, the +5 vs +1 isn't important for the audio.  Those 4 pins
> you're "missing" are used for the analog side of the DVI-I (which you don't
> want to use)--they're Analog Red/Green/Blue/Horiz Sync.  Your 24 +1 is a
> DVI-D dual link connection, which is fine (you want the digital
> connection).  You just need to see if HDMI audio works through it, too.
>
> Mike


Wish I'd seen this before I sent the passive DVI to HDMI adapter back.

I just tried the StarTech adapter and it was no good.  I never got to
changing the audio settings because the video was awful -- ghosting and
pixels with corrupted color vs. surrounding pixels (inverted?).

I'll send this back and try again with a passive connector.  After that,
I'm ready to just pitch the whole thing and get another box, preferably
small that I can just move my FE disk to (or clone an image to the
appropriate device -- SSD or SD card or thumbdrive).  Recommendations for
that would be welcome, too.  At the moment, I'd rather not pursue something
like a Raspberry Pi, because I've got to get back to all the other jobs
hanging about.  I've spend more time on this than I thought it would take,
but then, when has anything I've done with MythTV been a quick job. ;-)

--
Craig.
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