[mythtvnz] Quick HDMI question....

[Criggie]

rob at webworxshop.com wrote, On 10/17/2011 09:19 AM:
> There were two things which I missed when buying my components. The
> first is that I didn't realise that IDE has completely gone the way of
> the Dodo in favour of SATA. This means another trip to pbtech tonight to
> pick up a SATA DVD drive (rather than using the IDE one I already had
> spare).
Good side is they're quite cheap nowdays.

> The second thing is HDMI. I have a HDMI output on the graphics card I
> bought (an EVGA Nvidia 210 [0]) and the respective input on my TV. My
> question is whether a direct HDMI connection between the graphics card
> and the TV will give me audio over HDMI, or do I need a special cable?
> If this will work with just a standard cable, is there any configuration
> magic required to direct the audio to the graphics card?
Yes, probably.

I have to run something out of .login to get the HDMI output turned on, 
and I don't use it for audio.
Get the nvidia driver - will make life easier.  I've never had any luck 
with nouveau.


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