Advice on connecting a PC DVI-D + audio to HDMI

Humbug. I am having trouble sourcing this cable / connector or do I have the
wrong idea altogether.


I want to connect a typical PC which has a DVI-D digital video output to an
HDMI TV/monitor.

Of course a PC's DVI-D output will not include the audio channels be it
either the PC's two channel analogue audio output or S/PDIF digital audio
output.

So I think what I would want to use would be some kind of DVI-D + analogue
audio to HDMI connector.


From my searching and research, I can't yet find someone doing this. What am
I missing here!

Surely I can't be one of the few people who would want to aggregate DVI-D
digital video and a common audio signal to the all new HDMI interface.


(Note: one particular display I want to test in this configuration does not
appear to support a separate audio input when the HDMI source is selected,
thus I want to aggregate the signals before it reaches the display.)


Anyone tried home-made HDMI cabling yet just like what one did in the 1980s!


Thank you for the advice.

Light of Aria wrote:
Humbug. I am having trouble sourcing this cable / connector or do I
have the wrong idea altogether.


I want to connect a typical PC which has a DVI-D digital video output
to an HDMI TV/monitor.

Of course a PC's DVI-D output will not include the audio channels be
it either the PC's two channel analogue audio output or S/PDIF
digital audio output.

So I think what I would want to use would be some kind of DVI-D +
analogue audio to HDMI connector.


From my searching and research, I can't yet find someone doing this.
What am I missing here!

Surely I can't be one of the few people who would want to aggregate
DVI-D digital video and a common audio signal to the all new HDMI
interface.

(Note: one particular display I want to test in this configuration
does not appear to support a separate audio input when the HDMI
source is selected, thus I want to aggregate the signals before it
reaches the display.)

Anyone tried home-made HDMI cabling yet just like what one did in the
1980s!

Thank you for the advice.

I'm almost certain such a cable does not exist, I think you'll have to
connect the analogue audio seperately.

Anyone tried home-made HDMI cabling yet just like what one did in the
1980s!


Thank you for the advice.

It's not a cable, but how about this:
http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=3570

"Light of Aria" wrote in message
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Humbug. I am having trouble sourcing this cable / connector or do I have
the wrong idea altogether.


I want to connect a typical PC which has a DVI-D digital video output to
an HDMI TV/monitor.

Of course a PC's DVI-D output will not include the audio channels be it
either the PC's two channel analogue audio output or S/PDIF digital audio
output.

So I think what I would want to use would be some kind of DVI-D + analogue
audio to HDMI connector.


From my searching and research, I can't yet find someone doing this. What
am I missing here!

Surely I can't be one of the few people who would want to aggregate DVI-D
digital video and a common audio signal to the all new HDMI interface.


(Note: one particular display I want to test in this configuration does
not appear to support a separate audio input when the HDMI source is
selected, thus I want to aggregate the signals before it reaches the
display.)


Anyone tried home-made HDMI cabling yet just like what one did in the
1980s!


Thank you for the advice.

try asking here
http://www.avforums.com/forums/index...bd5178dbabd281

On Jan 5, 9:43 pm, "Light of Aria"
wrote:

I want to connect a typical PC which has a DVI-D digital video output to an
HDMI TV/monitor.

DVI-D to HDMI cables are quite common. Most of the online computer
stores sell them.
Regarding the audio, just use the analogue audio input located next to
the TV's VGA connector (normally a stereo jack plug) - most if not all
HDTV's will use this input for audio when they are being fed a DVI
signal via HDMI input (note you do not need an actual VGA cable).

There are other potential problems with using a PC on many HDTVs:
Firstly, the PC may not output the display's native LCD panel res of
1366x768. Many PC's will output 1360x768, however, and some LCD HDTVs
are smart enough to add three columns of black pixels on each side of
the screen when they are used with this mode, which avoids rescaling
artefacts on the image.
Other LCD HDTVs have very poor support for PCs - the worst examples
I've seen added overscan on all modes when a PC was used with the HDMI
input, making it unusable, and would only display 1024x768 with black
bars either side with the VGA input.