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| Topic Started: Aug 12 2013, 07:32 AM (129 Views) | |
| Trotsky | Aug 12 2013, 07:32 AM Post #1 |
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Big City Boy
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Down to the most basic level, what is a video card. So here's the problem. We stream Netflix movies through a Blu-Ray player BUT this player is not capable of decoding closed-captioning for English language films. But a PC IS capable of doing this. So we have been feeding the video signal from the computer via VGA to the VGA input on the SONY LCD 46 incher and getting closed captioning. Problem is that VGA is a video signal and the audio is only to the 2.1 computer speaker system lia separate left and right audio outputs...nice but hardly theater sound and too quiet for a movie in the living room. Somebody on an HD board suggested we output via HDMI and now we have that capability with the new video card. He said that we could get sound to the TV that way (TV sound really good and BIG.) I thought "Now why didn't I think of that." So I hooked it up today. Picture is nicer than through the VGA line but NO SOUND. So now back to Video Card 1 class. Does a video card output a sound signal via HDMI or do we still need to use a separate audio card for that. Or is there hope that I can fiddle some audio settings to get the audio out via the HDMI? Conceptually speaking, is a Video Card ONLY a video card? |
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| Dialtone | Aug 12 2013, 08:42 AM Post #2 |
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Of all the PCs I've had with video cards, the video card is for video only, but I don't have a PC with HDMI. Here is a good article on what you might require, perhaps you just need drivers. http://www.mediacollege.com/hardware/connectivity/hdmi/pc-audio.html Edited to add another link, perhaps all you need to do is change a few settings. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-pictures/no-audio-from-hdmi-output/28691f82-610e-4f01-be2f-b2ced7cca645 And one more http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c01059842 Edited by Dialtone, Aug 12 2013, 08:48 AM.
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| Trotsky | Aug 12 2013, 09:22 AM Post #3 |
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Big City Boy
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Thanks DIALTONE. I went into the Control Panel to SOUND and had choices of DEFAULT. One of them was SONY TV. That choice as DEFAULT gave me sound to the TV but I lost it to the PC. Some bizarre setting as DEFAULT FOR COMMUNICATIONS which, frankly, I don't understand and seemingly has no meaning. My PC currently has that...but no sound. Now how to get BOTH. ????? Edited by Trotsky, Aug 12 2013, 09:23 AM.
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| Dana | Aug 12 2013, 10:43 AM Post #4 |
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WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire
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At the same time! My techie said no go on that one some months ago when I got my computer signal to the tv via hdmi using a cloning method from windows, I think. I once unplugged the computer monitor while I watched tv and found that I had lost the monitor when I plugged it back in but fiddling with NVIDIA got that back to normal while viewing the screen on the tv and mousing with a long extension from the computer. WHEN you find the solution please do post it here. It is a nuisance to have to turn on the tv for sound to hear/watch a short clip on the computer. |
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| Trotsky | Aug 12 2013, 03:54 PM Post #5 |
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Big City Boy
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I have been standing on my head trying, Dana, but I am having no luck. Also NVIDIA card. It seems logical that it could output sound on both, but reality seems to be standing in the way of logic. Really, if a card can output the video signal to two receptors, why should audio be limited to one???? Although a pain in the ass I guess I could go into the CONTROL PANEL>>SOUND and change the DEFAULT whenever I want to stream a movie. But yes, still a pain in the ass. If I find a workaround I will post it. Edited by Trotsky, Aug 12 2013, 03:56 PM.
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