HDMI Sound, DHT 7.1...

[pk_m]

Hi to all.
I am totally new to Ubuntu and I liked it.
I thought to try by Live Ubuntu CD so I did it, it ran on my desktop.
Not taking second chance I removed Windows 7 and installed Ubuntu 10.04 64bit.
Then it got updated and NVidia drivers also.

My Desktop Configuration is

Gigabyte Motherboard
NVidia GT240 Graphics
4 GB RAM
AMD Phenon X2

Display is 32'' Sony LCD TV, it has HDMI ports.

Everything is fine. Until I noticed some issues like.

1. In Windows, I get sound from LCD TV which is connected from HDMI, means sound pass through HDMI from Nvidia.

No sound from TV in Ubuntu, to get sound I need to connect External Speakers.

2. Does Ubuntu supports Dolby Home Theater (DHT) audio/7.1 channel audio?

3. Now when I installed Ubuntu I made one drive for /root and another one for /home to save all my data, now How to add second or third HDD??

4. Will I get applications like in Windows? ( eg. Windows Live Movie Maker, Windows Live Photo Gallery., etc)

5. Does Ubuntu has high end games? like Mass Effect, Need for Speed???

[pk_m]

I forgot to mention one more issues...

After getting drivers for Nvidia card, the boot screen doesn't look so nice. The UBUNTU fonts are not not smoother....

[pk_m]

Any suggestions???

[pk_m]

No solutions for the above issue???

[pk_m]

Please some one help me with the above mentioned issue....

[lomasa]

2. Does Ubuntu supports Dolby Home Theater (DHT) audio/7.1 channel audio?

I want to know whether sorround sound is working fine for you ?
This is a issue tat am having a lot of trouble the only thing that makes me switch to windows 7 while watching movie is that i have no surround sound in ubuntu. I even tried applying lot of tweaks but nothing working. All these tweaks i have done on my onboard sound card itself. So im almost give up and going to buy sound card in few days hope it will work

3. Now when I installed Ubuntu I made one drive for /root and another one for /home to save all my data, now How to add second or third HDD??

4. Will I get applications like in Windows? ( eg. Windows Live Movie Maker, Windows Live Photo Gallery., etc)
You have a treasure of alternate software's for everything you can imaging in ubuntu (linux)
If you want to run the exact applications that you are mentioning you should use a software called Wine. Install it using software center and it will allow you to run windows software's.

5. Does Ubuntu has high end games? like Mass Effect, Need for Speed???[/QUOTE]
It doesnt have such games. But some descent games like alien invasion, american army etc http://www.dailybits.com/top-10-ubuntu-linux-games/