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+I've mostly been playing with the Asus
+[A7N266-VM](http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7n266-vm/specification.htm)
+board since it arrived, but a
+conversation with a co-worker got me wondering this morning about the RCA
+jack on the back of the 
+[Nehemiah](http://www.viavpsd.com/product/epia_m_spec.jsp?motherboardId=81)
+board I have.  
+There's a jumper on the board that selects whether you get composite video 
+or S/PDIF audio output.  I've been annoyed by this since I really want both...
+
+A quick check with my trusty multimeter confirms that the jumper is merely
+selecting which trace gets routed to the center pin of the RCA socket!  So,
+to use both, all we need to do is fashion a cable to pick up the other signal
+and a ground from somewhere and route it to another RCA socket.  Cool.  Could
+even wire in an optical interface for the S/PDIF like the one provided with
+the Asus board, I suppose...
+
+With the ongoing work to enable the 
+[mpeg2 decoder in the CLE266](http://www.ivor.it/cle266.html),
+that board
+may end up being a pretty cool standalone frontend for 
+[mythtv](http://www.mythtv.org/) someday...
+
+[[!tag tags/pvr]]