Computer to Receiver

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Patrick Wolf

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Modelworks

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Modelworks

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Modelworks
You don't have to have DDL. You just need a card that can do PCM over Coax/optical. Dolby is just a brand name with specific specs. 5.1 pcm is decodable by just about every receiver with coax/optical. Games just output 5.1 not the dolby branded version.
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Just plug that in the same jack the box creative sells would use.
One plug is coax in , the other coax out.

Name a sound card and receiver capable of receiving/sending 5.1 over coax/optical.

Not sure what you are asking .
Lots of sound cards can send 5.1 over coax and optical and many receivers can decode it.

You said 5.1 PCM is decodeable by receivers with coax or optical connections. I have yet to see a receiver capable of doing this over these connections. You also said there is no need for DDL. You just need a sound card that can do PCM over coax/optical. I am assuming here you are talking about 5.1 as that is the point of DDL. So what sound card can output 5.1 over coax/optical connections?

I should have said that it depends on the game. Some games do output 5.1 over PCM, some do not and that would be 2 channel audio. It depends on the library it was written with. All games should be switching to 5.1 via PCM soon. And it requires no special hardware.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-u...y/bb669181(VS.85).aspx

I suppose technically all games have 5.1 PCM audio. My problem is the output of this audio is a function of the sound card not the game. I know of no sound card that supports more than 2 channels of PCM sound over optical/digital coax connections. In addition, I know of no receiver that supports decoding of 5.1 PCM over optical/digital coax connections.

Now if your talking the future use of HDMI outputs for 5.1 PCM game audio, I agree with you there. But that wasn't the topic here and that doesn't mean DDL isn't needed.

Maybe this would work for sending 5.1 PCM (via HDMI)? Auzen X-Fi HomeTheater HD

Yeah, via HDMI that card can do the trick. It's just digital coax and optical connections that limit you.