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I've heard lots of people say they hook Mac Mini's up to their TV. How are they doing it? I've got a DVI -> HDMI cable but that only handles the Video are peo
by pmorici 17y ago
I've heard lots of people say they hook Mac Mini's up to their TV. How are they doing it? I've got a DVI -> HDMI cable but that only handles the Video are people using junky PC speakers for the audio or is there some kind of in expensive multiplexer you can buy to get the audio into the HDMI cable.
- ronnier 17y agoI don't use a Mac, but for my PC I have a video card with two DVI ports. The DVI ports on this card will also send the audio through it. If you have a DVI to HDMI adapter, you'll get the audio on your TV/receiver. Given that, I'm only using the video portion of the HDMI cable and using the S/PDIF (a single RCA cable, digital signal though) output on my mother board to send a digital audio signal over to my receiver. I use XBMC (Windows, Mac, Linux) for watching movies. It's beautiful software, free and open source: http://xbmc.org/ http://xbmc.org/
- SwellJoe 17y agoThe Mac Mini has a retarded Mini DisplayPort, which doesn't have audio. There is a cable that will combine them into a proper HDMI that does have audio, but it's a little pricey, and doesn't entirely solve the too many cables problem. When I helped a friend wire hers up, we just ran a separate 1/8" phone plug to dual RCA plugs, and configured the TV to use analog audio. Most modern TVs have this option, even for the HDMI and DisplayPort video sources.
- jsz0 17y agoNot all PC speakers are junky. Logitech and others make some really good sounding products these days. If you're using an AV receiver most allow you to independently select your audio channel so you could use standard composite audio in or use a USB adapter for optical audio. (I use the one Turtle Beach makes and it works really well)