when using a dvi to hmdi cable or adapter does it carry audio aswell?

dvdbunny · 3 Jul 2008 at 14:19

As title pretty much

Just wondering if you can carry the audio with the same cable to be played back on the built in speakers of my LCD TV or do you need a cable which splits at the PC end into left and right audio.

True_Scotsman · 3 Jul 2008 at 14:27

TBH i dont think it can be done over the DVI-HDMI cable.

SeriousPigeon · 3 Jul 2008 at 14:28

There is no audio in DVI, so no. In general the TV should have a LR audio input as well.

dvdbunny · 3 Jul 2008 at 20:30

yes my tv has LR audio inputs but where on the laptop do i connect the audio inputs, i have no ports for LR audio?

Andy100 · 3 Jul 2008 at 21:49

Headphone socket.

You need a cable with LR connectors on one end and a regular headphone jack on the other.

dvdbunny · 3 Jul 2008 at 22:24

is that the best way for best quality or is better to get one of those USB stick sound cards which have connections for LR audio going into the TV?

SoliD · 3 Jul 2008 at 22:35

dvdbunny said:
is that the best way for best quality or is better to get one of those USB stick sound cards which have connections for LR audio going into the TV?

Be about the same, neither will be very good for sound if you're pumping it out of a tv's speakers though.

james.miller · 3 Jul 2008 at 22:41

hdmi is pin-compatible with dvi. a dvi socket actually CAN carry audio, its just that the dvi standard was never intended to. ati include dvi>hdmi adaptors for their graphics cards which now (on the latest cards) support full 7.1 lossless audio as well as 1080p video, all from the dvi socket on the card. so yes, it actually can be done. but the card needs to support it. im assuming they do this by using the dvi socket's analogue video output pins for audio instead (dvi has separate outputs for analogue and digital video)

dvdbunny · 4 Jul 2008 at 01:24

thanks for the replies

do you know if nvidia cards are supporting this or any of their future cards will do, any release date?

thanks in advance

dvdbunny · 4 Jul 2008 at 01:45

also can i use a dvi + digital audio to hdmi conversion box, i found a company in america called SIIG they have a box the cheapest i found is for $130. most of these boxes sell for $250-$300 from other companies. Do these work? The thing i don't like about them is the fact that they need there own external power supply, do you know if there are any that take direct power from the PC?

the SIIG one from a website 'Combines digital video (DVI) and audio (digital or analog) into HDMI'

thanks in advance

dvdbunny · 11 Jul 2008 at 00:47

anyone know?

holbay · 11 Jul 2008 at 00:59

Hi i have sli using msi n9600 gt nvidia cards and they do support audio through dvi connectors there is a spdif connector on the video cards which can be connected to motherboard or rear panel spdif output to the video card then sound is transfered through dvi/hdmi cable to monitor/hdtv.