[olug] HDMI card suggestion (with audio)

[Ben Watson]

Looks to me like audio is included as part of the HDCP spec and the HDMI
connection standard that this card claims it supports

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Definition_Multimedia_Interface\

AFAIK, this card should work find for both audio/video.


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> 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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