[mythtv-users] Which nVidia card?

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Jim Oltman <jim.oltman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Gary Buhrmaster
>> <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 00:43, Pieter De Wit <pieter at insync.za.net>
>> > wrote:
>> > ....
>> >> Hi Simon,
>> >>
>> >> It had faster ram :) Should have put that in the previous email. The
>> >> 220
>> >> will do what you need too :)
>> >>
>> >> I wanted to do 1080, with HDMI audio, both the 430 and the 450
>> >> "handles"
>> >> it on paper. I can assure you the 450 does. I would not doubt the 430
>> >> can do it.
>> >
>> > In 50Hz countries, for deinterlacing, the 430 has been reported
>> > to have enough headroom to work well.  In 60Hz countries, the
>> > 430 has been reported to not always be capable of glitch-free
>> > display when doing deinterlacing.  The 220 is an older design,
>> > and while it cannot do HDMI audio,
>>
>> I believe it can actually.
>>
>> > it is a far more capable
>> > card for deinterlacing (more than fast enough for all countries).
>>
>
> There is audio over HDMI and there's HD Audio Codecs over HDMI.  If I
> remember correctly, the 2xx series could do _some_ HD Audio codecs, but not
> the full suite of them.  I don't think it could do DTS Master HD.  I think
> it could do Dolby TrueHD.  But I'm not certain.

Ahh yes, precision required when talking about this.

The 220 will do basic audio over hdmi, but to what level of codec I am
unsure as i have never had to find out.