[mythtvnz] Next problem --- Audio over DVI to HDMI

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com>
> To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Next problem --- Audio over DVI to HDMI
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>>> Can I ask a fundamental question, why would you want to?
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>>reduce cable clutter? (maybe thats what you are meaning in your next sentence)
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> yes.
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>>"because he can"
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> I could understand that reason.
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>>because his soundcard may be crap?
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> Did you read the OP's posts?  OP tells us what it is, see below.  Are you saying that is a crap soundcard?

My comment was no reflection on his particular hardware, it's just a
generic reason why you may want to do audio over hdmi.

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>>> However, we are talking good quality HD video,
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>>Are we? We may be talking SD or we may be talking even crappier transcoded files from a DVD or downloaded?
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> Nick, the OP has told us:
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> Additional information.
> Audio 8280lI HD Audio Controller Intel onboard
> Ubuntu 9.10 AMD_64.
> JYA's Nvidia drivers
> Geforce 9400 GT
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> Nick, do you believe the OP, having bought a 1080p display, won't be displaying any HD?  I can't see anyone setting up this rig to
> not do HD. (although it will give better SD than many older SD systems, by turning i into p. HD is free these days....)
>

Well it's hard to buy any panel less than 1080i/720p these days,
unless you go real low end/old stock. And yes I expect he will play
some 1080 video, but my point is we don't know what he is playing and
just because he has a 1080p TV doesn't mean he is playing high quality
material, or that he wants a surround system. My point is that you
shouldn't assume the source of his material is anything, the question
was "how to get audio over hdmi?", not "what is the hottest audio
setup for a media player?".

I have a 1080p Sony screen and I only record SD as I haven't set up dvb-t yet.

BTW any idea why I get your list messages twice?