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Crooksey

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Sound and TV setup

Im setting up my home media machine and I plan for the sound to come out of the TV (as well as the picture).

What types of connection do I need for the audio and visual to come out of the TV?

My TV has VGA/HDMI and all of the other inputs a hd tv has.

Many thanks.

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ewaller

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Re: Sound and TV setup

I would use the HDMI.  Your picture won't need to go through an analog stage and it transports the audio as well.

On my HP Pavillion DV4 I had to fight with gstream to get the audio to go where I wanted it to go.  I ended up using PulseAudio, Jack and the Xine backend for Phonon.

The sound and audio on a 1080p display is amazing.

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Crooksey

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Re: Sound and TV setup

What card are you using for that?

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ewaller

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Re: Sound and TV setup

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Codec: LSI ID 1040
Codec: IDT 92HD71B7X
Codec: Intel G45 DEVCTG

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