On Monday 07 March 2011 23:38:02 Shamit Verma wrote: lease dont cc me. I am on the list.
> > That is easy. touchpads selection but 7.1 playback thru another > > amp is tricky - done in my home automation system. > > How did you manage 7.1 output? Was it via HDMI? Yes and no. The TV uses HDMI but plays stereo. I use the output jacks on the rear. > > If it is HDMI, which hardware (sound or video card) did you use? Onboard. M4A785D-M pro. But you cold use any sound card. > > I have Dell Laptop (I5 and Intel onboard audio) and AMD on board > chipset based desktop. With Linux, I can only get Stereo out of > HDMI. If HDMI is working for you, I can port driver code to the > hardware that I have. You need HDMI 1.3. It is mostly a hardware limitation, rather than drivers. > > -Shamit -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

