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bwallen at gmail

Apr 7, 2008, 3:24 PM

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Sound card

I'm looking into getting the HD PVR (assuming it will work with
mythtv) and was wondering what would be a good sound card to use with
it. My myth box currently has 2 channel sound on the motherboard. What
would be a good card to get to add 7.1 surround sound?
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mitchell.gore at gmail

Apr 7, 2008, 3:36 PM

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Re: Sound card [In reply to]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Brian Wallen <bwallen [at] gmail> wrote:

> I'm looking into getting the HD PVR (assuming it will work with
> mythtv) and was wondering what would be a good sound card to use with
> it. My myth box currently has 2 channel sound on the motherboard. What
> would be a good card to get to add 7.1 surround sound?
> _______________________________________________
>

Your 2-channel will work just fine if running to a TV with only 2 speakers.
If you are running to a A/V receiver with 5.1 speakers you most likely have
a digital out header on your motherboard. You can use this along with a
SPDIF bracket to run to your receiver to get your Dobly Digital.

Mitchell

mikep at randomtraveller

Apr 8, 2008, 2:32 AM

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Re: Sound card [In reply to]

Mitch Gore wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Brian Wallen <bwallen [at] gmail> wrote:
>
>> I'm looking into getting the HD PVR (assuming it will work with
>> mythtv) and was wondering what would be a good sound card to use with
>> it. My myth box currently has 2 channel sound on the motherboard. What
>> would be a good card to get to add 7.1 surround sound?
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>
> Your 2-channel will work just fine if running to a TV with only 2 speakers.
> If you are running to a A/V receiver with 5.1 speakers you most likely have
> a digital out header on your motherboard. You can use this along with a
> SPDIF bracket to run to your receiver to get your Dobly Digital.
>
I think he is talking about *input* ie capture, not output. A digital "out"
header on the motherboard ain't going to help.

Mike Perkins

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gravityhammer at gmail

Apr 8, 2008, 5:00 AM

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Re: Sound card [In reply to]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Mike Perkins
<mikep [at] randomtraveller> wrote:
>
> Mitch Gore wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Brian Wallen <bwallen [at] gmail> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm looking into getting the HD PVR (assuming it will work with
> >> mythtv) and was wondering what would be a good sound card to use with
> >> it. My myth box currently has 2 channel sound on the motherboard. What
> >> would be a good card to get to add 7.1 surround sound?
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>
> >
> > Your 2-channel will work just fine if running to a TV with only 2 speakers.
> > If you are running to a A/V receiver with 5.1 speakers you most likely have
> > a digital out header on your motherboard. You can use this along with a
> > SPDIF bracket to run to your receiver to get your Dobly Digital.
> >
> I think he is talking about *input* ie capture, not output. A digital "out"
> header on the motherboard ain't going to help.
>

Why would he be worried about input? The HD-PVR has a digital audio
input on it.
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bwallen at gmail

Apr 8, 2008, 6:37 AM

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Re: Sound card [In reply to]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer [at] gmail> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Mike Perkins
> <mikep [at] randomtraveller> wrote:
> >
> > Mitch Gore wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Brian Wallen <bwallen [at] gmail> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'm looking into getting the HD PVR (assuming it will work with
> > >> mythtv) and was wondering what would be a good sound card to use with
> > >> it. My myth box currently has 2 channel sound on the motherboard. What
> > >> would be a good card to get to add 7.1 surround sound?
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >>
> > >
> > > Your 2-channel will work just fine if running to a TV with only 2 speakers.
> > > If you are running to a A/V receiver with 5.1 speakers you most likely have
> > > a digital out header on your motherboard. You can use this along with a
> > > SPDIF bracket to run to your receiver to get your Dobly Digital.
> > >
> > I think he is talking about *input* ie capture, not output. A digital "out"
> > header on the motherboard ain't going to help.
> >
>
> Why would he be worried about input? The HD-PVR has a digital audio
> input on it.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users [at] mythtv
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>

I was talking about output. I plan on hooking my frontend up to a
surround sound receiver, and I didn't know if there was a certain card
that worked well with myth and linux.
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gravityhammer at gmail

Apr 8, 2008, 6:42 AM

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Re: Sound card [In reply to]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Brian Wallen <bwallen [at] gmail> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer [at] gmail> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Mike Perkins
> > <mikep [at] randomtraveller> wrote:
> > >
> > > Mitch Gore wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Brian Wallen <bwallen [at] gmail> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I'm looking into getting the HD PVR (assuming it will work with
> > > >> mythtv) and was wondering what would be a good sound card to use with
> > > >> it. My myth box currently has 2 channel sound on the motherboard. What
> > > >> would be a good card to get to add 7.1 surround sound?
> > > >> _______________________________________________
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Your 2-channel will work just fine if running to a TV with only 2 speakers.
> > > > If you are running to a A/V receiver with 5.1 speakers you most likely have
> > > > a digital out header on your motherboard. You can use this along with a
> > > > SPDIF bracket to run to your receiver to get your Dobly Digital.
> > > >
> > > I think he is talking about *input* ie capture, not output. A digital "out"
> > > header on the motherboard ain't going to help.
> > >
> >
> > Why would he be worried about input? The HD-PVR has a digital audio
> > input on it.
> >
> >
>
> > _______________________________________________
> > mythtv-users mailing list
> > mythtv-users [at] mythtv
> > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >
>
> I was talking about output. I plan on hooking my frontend up to a
> surround sound receiver, and I didn't know if there was a certain card
> that worked well with myth and linux.
>
>

FWIW, the Turtle Beach Riviera "Just Works" and has a built-in optical output.
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mitchell.gore at gmail

Apr 8, 2008, 9:04 AM

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Re: Sound card [In reply to]

> I was talking about output. I plan on hooking my frontend up to a

> > surround sound receiver, and I didn't know if there was a certain card
> > that worked well with myth and linux.
> >
> >
>
> FWIW, the Turtle Beach Riviera "Just Works" and has a built-in optical
> output.
> _______________________________________________
>

I would give your internal header a shot first. you can build a Copper
header with about $3 in parts. Thats what I did and i have 3 different
motherboards thru the years and the on-board has usually worked by just
putting ALSA:spdif in Myth and un-muting the out in alsamixer.

Mitchell

adeffs.mythtv at gmail

Apr 10, 2008, 7:58 AM

Post #8 of 12 (1202 views)
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Re: Sound card [In reply to]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer [at] gmail> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Brian Wallen <bwallen [at] gmail> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer [at] gmail> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Mike Perkins
> > > <mikep [at] randomtraveller> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Mitch Gore wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Brian Wallen <bwallen [at] gmail> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> I'm looking into getting the HD PVR (assuming it will work with
> > > > >> mythtv) and was wondering what would be a good sound card to use with
> > > > >> it. My myth box currently has 2 channel sound on the motherboard. What
> > > > >> would be a good card to get to add 7.1 surround sound?
> > > > >> _______________________________________________
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > Your 2-channel will work just fine if running to a TV with only 2 speakers.
> > > > > If you are running to a A/V receiver with 5.1 speakers you most likely have
> > > > > a digital out header on your motherboard. You can use this along with a
> > > > > SPDIF bracket to run to your receiver to get your Dobly Digital.
> > > > >
> > > > I think he is talking about *input* ie capture, not output. A digital "out"
> > > > header on the motherboard ain't going to help.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Why would he be worried about input? The HD-PVR has a digital audio
> > > input on it.
> > >
> >
> > I was talking about output. I plan on hooking my frontend up to a
> > surround sound receiver, and I didn't know if there was a certain card
> > that worked well with myth and linux.
> >
> >
>
> FWIW, the Turtle Beach Riviera "Just Works" and has a built-in optical output.

but check your motherboard for a SPDIF header pin (will be a 2 pin or
3 pin plug and should have "SPDIF" printed next to it, or check the
manual if you have it) first, if its got one already no reason to
waste a PCI slot/extra power/etc.

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backuppc at sundquist

Apr 10, 2008, 10:30 AM

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Re: Sound card [In reply to]

mitchell.gore at gmail wrote:

> I would give your internal header a shot first. you can build a Copper
> header with about $3 in parts. Thats what I did and i have 3 different
> motherboards thru the years and the on-board has usually worked by just
> putting ALSA:spdif in Myth and un-muting the out in alsamixer.

and

adeffs.mythtv at gmail wrote:

> but check your motherboard for a SPDIF header pin (will be a 2 pin or
> 3 pin plug and should have "SPDIF" printed next to it, or check the
> manual if you have it) first, if its got one already no reason to
> waste a PCI slot/extra power/etc.

Any more info on this? Links to building such a header? I have a
motherboard with built-in 7.1 sound, but no SPDIF-out. Is
building/installing this header pin as easy as it sounds? Any soldering
on the motherboard?

Thanks.

J.S.
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mitchell.gore at gmail

Apr 10, 2008, 11:08 AM

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Re: Sound card [In reply to]

>
> Any more info on this? Links to building such a header? I have a
> motherboard with built-in 7.1 sound, but no SPDIF-out. Is
> building/installing this header pin as easy as it sounds? Any soldering
> on the motherboard?
>
> Thanks.
>
> J.S.
> _______________________________________________
>

Your not building the header pins. You are building/buying a interface that
connects to the SPDIF header on the motherboard and gives you a RCA plug for
a COAX connection to the receiver or a SPDIF plug.

Mitchell

jdonohue654-mythtv at yahoo

Apr 10, 2008, 6:31 PM

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Re: Sound card [In reply to]

> FWIW, the Turtle Beach Riviera "Just Works" and has
a built-in optical output.

I will second that.
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adeffs.mythtv at gmail

Apr 10, 2008, 7:38 PM

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Re: Sound card [In reply to]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:30 PM, <backuppc [at] sundquist> wrote:
> adeffs.mythtv at gmail wrote:
> > but check your motherboard for a SPDIF header pin (will be a 2 pin or
> > 3 pin plug and should have "SPDIF" printed next to it, or check the
> > manual if you have it) first, if its got one already no reason to
> > waste a PCI slot/extra power/etc.
>
> Any more info on this? Links to building such a header? I have a
> motherboard with built-in 7.1 sound, but no SPDIF-out. Is
> building/installing this header pin as easy as it sounds? Any soldering
> on the motherboard?

your board would have to have the header pins already on, then it
would just be a matter of buying a bracket (usually like $10-15) and
connecting the wire to the header pin.

--
Steve
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