[olug] HDMI card suggestion (with audio)

[Dan Linder]

So, is there anything special I need to look for in HDMI video cards to
ensure they do audio, or is that part of the base spec?

I'm thinking of this card:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102994
Any reason it won't work for both audio and video?

Thanks,
Dan


On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 4:27 PM, unfy <olug at unfy.org> wrote:

> My mythbuntu box was built on top of an nvidia chipset that had onboard
> HDMI audio.
>
> For the longest time I had to manually patch the kernel to enable
> HDMI-audio via the motherboard (no add in card).
>
> I can say, after the patch and stuff, nvidia + hdmi audio worked fine.
>
> Doesn't really fit your situation, but it's a note none the less.
>
> -Will
>
>
>
> On 6/7/2013 12:53 PM, Sheldon, Roger W wrote:
>
>> I believe the application you use might prefer Nvidia or AMD card. Just
>> depends on the app. Like Adobe right now prefers the Nvidia vs AMD's.
>> However I read somewhere that Adobe will eventually support the AMD cards.
>> For under $100 I'm thinking the Radeon HD 6000 series as they support HDMI,
>> display port, DVI/VGA port. The new AMD APU can stream HD np and are great
>> price, but looking at new MB, APU etc...
>>
>>
>> Roger Sheldon
>> Storage Engineer
>> wk 402.777.7901
>> cell 402.889.2585
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
>> Dan Linder
>> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 11:29 AM
>> To: Omaha Linux User Group
>> Subject: [olug] HDMI card suggestion (with audio)
>>
>> For my home media PC that I'm hoping to re-build, I'd like to get a new
>> video card that has native HDMI to make the audio+video less complex.  Any
>> suggestions?
>>
>> I'm going to propose this as a Fathers Day gift so my upper end is the
>> sub-$100 level.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dan
>>
>> FWIW: Right now I have an older NVidia card with DVI-to-HDMI adapter for
>> video, and taking the audio out of the motherboard "digital out" using my
>> stereo to combine them.  That works well enough, but the card is old and
>> under-powered to display 1080 resolution, plus the audio occassionally
>> drops out for about 10 seconds...which appears to be motherboard audio
>> related.
>>
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