[mythtv-users] DVI to HDMI what about th eaudio???

[Calvin Harrigan]

A JM wrote:
> I just ran test to see where my problem lies... and it turns out to be
> with the PC/Myth/Ubuntu.
>
> I pulled a dvd player that had DVI out RCA audio and I hooked it
> through the HDMI1 port on the tv and I got both sound and video.
>
> [EDIT]
>
> I found a post that describes my issue to a "T"
> (http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/index.php?t88272.html) and
> modifying the xorg worked but now the picture is jacked up...
> *
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier    "Default Screen"
>     Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
>     Device        "Configured Video Device"
>         DefaultDepth    24
>         Option         "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "True"
>         Option         "UseEdid" "FALSE"*
>
>
> Below from the NVidia appendix doesn't seem to have the option for
> only turning of the sound, anyone else have any ideas???
>
> *|Option "UseEdidFreqs" "boolean"|*
>
>     *This option controls whether the NVIDIA X driver will use the
>     HorizSync and VertRefresh ranges given in a display device's EDID,
>     if any. When UseEdidFreqs is set to True, EDID-provided range
>     information will override the HorizSync and VertRefresh ranges
>     specified in the Monitor section. If a display device does not
>     provide an EDID, or the EDID does not specify an hsync or vrefresh
>     range, then the X server will default to the HorizSync and
>     VertRefresh ranges specified in the Monitor section of your X
>     config file. These frequency ranges are used when validating modes
>     for your display device.*
>
>     *Default: True (EDID frequencies will be used)*
>
> *|Option "UseEDID" "boolean"|*
>
>     *By default, the NVIDIA X driver makes use of a display device's
>     EDID, when available, during construction of its mode pool. The
>     EDID is used as a source for possible modes, for valid frequency
>     ranges, and for collecting data on the physical dimensions of the
>     display device for computing the DPI (see Appendix Y, /Dots Per
>     Inch/
>     <http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8774/README/appendix-y.html>).
>     However, if you wish to disable the driver's use of the EDID, you
>     can set this option to False:*
>
>     *    Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
>     *
>
>     *Note that, rather than globally disable all uses of the EDID, you
>     can individually disable each particular use of the EDID; e.g.,*
>
>     *    Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "FALSE"
>         Option "UseEDIDDpi" "FALSE"
>         Option "ModeValidation" "NoEdidModes"
>     *
>
>     *Default: True (use EDID).*
>
>
>
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You are experiencing almost verbatim what I was having to deal with. 
Using the dvd player did nothing more than prove that the pc is sending
an empty audio stream to the tv.  This was covered in some detail a
couple weeks ago on this mailing list, I would post a link, but the
mythtv site is down right now for some reason.

You are going to have to use the info at:  http://analogbit.com/node/23
to get rid of the extension block, then add the custom modelines to xorg
that can be grabbed using either X in verbose mode, monitor asset
manager, or powerstrip.  The custom mode lines will be used in place of
the information in the extension block so that the picture is not jacked up.