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MiniDisplayPort to HDMI Available!!!

The MiniDP Port supports no audio, this is an official statement afaik.
24"CinemaDisplay gets sound via USB afaik...

im not 100%sure...may we ask applecustomer support :X
 
so that must be the worst connection possible then. Isn't the purpose of HDMI to reduce clutter? so, if I wanted to connect the MBP to a plasma tv, then I would need to get audio out somehow?
 
No audio would be stupid. Display Port supports audio, so the mini should? If it doesn't that's gotta be one of the more lamer things Apple has done.
 
DisplayPort only seems to support audio over a DisplayPort link. The HDMI adapter would actually be using the DVI output of the DisplayPort connector, and since DVI does not support audio, no audio on the HDMI adapter.
 
This just seems like it was overlooked.

DO I mind the displayport? actually no, i like it better than HDMI. Do I mind that its supposed to be so much "better (from apple)" than HDMI, BUT WONT PUT SOUND OUT?

lazy apple. My moms 600$ dell can do it! Wish I didnt have to use an optical cable, which by the way is fussy as all hell with 5.1.
 
I've found this solution to be more than satisfactory, and it's available now -

I purchased the mini displayport-to-DVI adapter from Apple, then picked this up:

http://www.svideo.com/dvihdmiaudio6.html

Adapt the 3.5mm pigtail on the hdmi end to an RCA stereo plug, and you've got audio connections you can hook up to most receivers out there :)
 
sycho said:
DisplayPort only seems to support audio over a DisplayPort link. The HDMI adapter would actually be using the DVI output of the DisplayPort connector, and since DVI does not support audio, no audio on the HDMI adapter.
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DVI definitely supports audio. My ATI HD4850 passes audio over DVI to HDMI perfectly fine. 7.1 surround sound too.
 
TheCakeIsALie said:
DVI definitely supports audio. My ATI HD4850 passes audio over DVI to HDMI perfectly fine. 7.1 surround sound too.
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only DVI-D (digital). standard DVI-A ports, which 70% of devices use, can't do it. the remaining 30% are split between DVI-D/I, either of which can be single link or dual link. so the chances are not very good that 1) you have a DVI-D port and 2) your motherboard/video card can output audio over it, which is a feature of just some particular video cards (mostly ATi) and HTPC motherboards.

and you would need a HDMI/DVI cable with DVI-D on the end as well, and not just DVI-A. and not just a HDMI/DVI adapter.
 
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