[mythtv-users] New geforce GT 240, HDMI, and audio

[Mark Hutchinson]

Any thoughts as to when this may appear in the JYA 10.04 repo perhaps for
the Ubuntu repos?

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 7:55 PM, mythtv at blandford.net
<mythtv at blandford.net>wrote:

> On 04/16/2010 06:54 PM, Ian Forde wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 17:52 -0700, mythtv at blandford.net wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/16/2010 05:16 PM, Larry K wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just ordered a new geforce GT-240.  Newegg had a sweet deal for like
>>>> $45 delivered, so I jumped.   Currently, I use an onboard geforce 8200
>>>> that handles both audio and video, but VDPAU performance is not so
>>>> good.  Anyway, after I pulled the trigger, I got to wondering if the 240
>>>> can carry both audio and video over HDMI (it seems almost odd that a
>>>> video card can also function as a sound card, but I digress).
>>>>
>>>> I did some reading and it seems that the GT-240 can also audio,
>>>> depending on your audio/video driver combination.  Right now, I am
>>>> running nvidia-graphics-190.42-43.i386 from atrpms.  I am also running
>>>> alsa-driver-1.0.20-80.fc10.i386 from atrpms.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know what issues I face in my quest to get this new video
>>>> card up and running, with both video and audio delivered over HDMI?
>>>> Will I need to upgrade my drivers, or is my setup good to go?  To
>>>> minimize the disruption and keep the WAF high,  I'd rather not even
>>>> st
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You may want to follow this wiki page.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO_set_up_HDMI_audio_on_nVidia_GeForce_G210,_GT220,_or_GT240
>>>
>>> Michael
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>>
>> Or you can wait a few days until Axel gets it packaged up.  Alsa just
>> release 1.0.23 today, and GT21X support is supposedly in...
>>
>>
>> http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Changes_v1.0.22_v1.0.23#HDA_generic_driver
>>
>> Not sure if it covers GT240 or GT220, but who knows?  It might work!
>>
>
>
> Just an FYI, but the atrpms alsa-driver package is working fine with my
> GT220.  thanks to Axel for packaging and the Alsa team for an earlier than
> expected release!
>
>
> Michael
>
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