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

[James Linder]

> On 27 Mar 2018, at 8:58 am, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
> 
>> 
>> You should check that your GPU can actually handle this. As I understand
>> it many older cards cannot output HDMI audio over DVI.
>> 
>> 
> Groan.  I got a DVI to HDMI adapter that was listed as supporting audio.  I
> tried all the audio settings I could find for the internal video DVI-D
> port.  No success.  Tried again with the add-on card I had briefly tried
> before.  Still no audio to the TV.  Pulled another front end that had a
> Radeon internal video with DVI-D and tried again.  No luck.
> 
> Either I need to get a PCI-e card for the latter system or (preferably)
> someone can suggest a suitable and economical small form factor system that
> I can either drop the current frontend's harddrive into or clone it to
> something that will fit in the "new" system.
> 
> How about the ASUS Eeebox E410-B0735 Mini PC?  The one I'm looking at has
> Celeron N3150 (1.60 GHz), Intel HD Graphics, and an HDMI port.  Too
> underpowered?
> 
> I'd prefer something a little "future-proof" in that it could be expected
> to support 4K video in the future.  Wired ethernet is present, FWIW.

I have an older i3 NUC that does do, and I’m using, audio over HDMI. I would guess, but don’t know, that they all do.

James