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

[Anthony Giggins]

On 17 March 2011 11:24, Mark D. Montgomery II <techiem2 at techiem2.net> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> Yeah I thought it might come to that :(
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