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

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

2009/3/2 Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>

>
> my question was really to do with how the sound got from the video
> card to the hdmi cable, given the intervening DVI step, when DVI is
> not supposed to be able to carry audio.
>
> As I see it the audio passes this route on these cards:
>
> MB-->graphicscard-->DVI-->DVI/HDMI convertor-->HDMIcable-->TV (or amp)
>
> How does the audio pass through the DVI cable to the HDMI cable?
>

The sound isn't carried by some extra wires but is integrated within the
TMDS modulation, along the video

So in theory you could do audio via a DVI cable ...
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