[mythtv-users] Would this video card work in HDMI?

Mark D. Montgomery II techiem2 at techiem2.net
Thu Mar 17 01:24:44 UTC 2011


Quoting Anthony Giggins <seven at seven.dorksville.net>:

> On 17 March 2011 11:13, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 17 March 2011 11:51, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com> wrote:
>> > I was planning on connecting that to the receiver via optical, but then
>> > randomly checking I realized I could get one of these newer video cards
>> > instead:
>> >
>> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121397&cm_re=nvidia_430-_-14-121-397-_-Product
>> >
>> > What's the state of affairs with HDMI sound in linux/alsa, would it make
>> > sense to get this type of card and just connect via HDMI for video+sound?
>>
>> I have that exact same card; and it works very well.
>> You'll need the latest alsa 1.0.24 to get the HD audio bitstreaming
>> feature.
>>
>> 1.0.23 works too but won't work with bitstreaming.
>>
>> I mention 1.0.23 because that's what I've reverted to for the time
>> being. I've noticed a regression occurring with 1.0.24 where the audio
>> becomes completely garbled once in a while and require a reboot
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>>
> Silly Question but how would I migrate from a VGA connection to using HDMI?
>
> Both are already plugged in but nothing is displayed on the HDMI is there
> some util to switch over to HDMI?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anthony
>

On my box I just plugged in HDMI, unplugged DVI, and rebooted.
When it rebooted it automatically used HDMI as the primary output.

Mark II


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