Audio + DVI = HDMI

February 12, 2006 10:56 AM

Is there product which combines audio with DVI video into an HDMI output?

I have a DVD player with an DVI video output and a variety of audio ouputs: optical digital, coaxial digital, and analog stereo (red and white RCA. My new television accepts HDMI input, with no DVI plus audio input port. Is there a product which will combine the DVI video output of my DVD player with one of the audio output streams into an HDMI video+audio stream?

posted by MattD to Technology (3 answers total)

The audio signal in HDMI is hidden inside the video signal. The device you want would have to decode the DVI and re-encode with the audio mixed in. Any device that does this is not going to be cheap.
posted by cillit bang at 11:30 AM on February 12, 2006

I don't think this is possible with a cheap adapter, as with HDMI, the audio data is actualy multiplexed along with the video in the TMDS signal. There may be a box that could multiplex the audio but it'd probably be expensive. On preview, what cillit bang said.
posted by zsazsa at 11:34 AM on February 12, 2006

You could feed DVI straight into HDMI with a simple cable/adapter, and run the audio separately to whatever is driving your sound system.
posted by merkuron at 1:15 PM on February 12, 2006