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Title: Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Dolby 5.1 question
Post by: Rick on April 20, 2004, 01:45:36 PM

This might seem like a really dumbass question, but here goes. I have got a sony dts amp with one optical input (it also has a didital coax input) The optical in is being used by my xbox, is there a way to get 5.1 surr-sound from my pc without having to change leads all the time. I have the above mentioned soundcard! Thanks in advance

Title: Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Dolby 5.1 question
Post by: mm on April 20, 2004, 02:04:33 PM

get something with more optical input jacks

might not be worth spending the cash to just switch one cable

Title: Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Dolby 5.1 question
Post by: Living-In-Clip on April 20, 2004, 02:55:29 PM

Agree\'d. In today\'s world you really need something with more than one optical input. I am faced with the same problem, as my current receiver only has one OP input.

Title: Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Dolby 5.1 question
Post by: THX on April 20, 2004, 04:34:54 PM

don\'t all the audigy\'s come with both an optical and a coaxial (S/PDIF in the computer world)?  Coax is the cable of choice by enthusiasts if quality is your concern.  Either use coax, buy an optical switcher, or a new receiver.

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Title: Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Dolby 5.1 question
Post by: Capcom on April 20, 2004, 06:19:30 PM

I know the Audigy 2 ZS does (or so I\'ve seen from LiC\'s).

Title: Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Dolby 5.1 question
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on April 20, 2004, 07:29:54 PM

You\'ll only get 5.1 from software encoded in AC3 too. Most pc games use 3 separate pcm signals. A few pc games support AC3 as well as your dvd movies. :)

Title: Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Dolby 5.1 question
Post by: NVIDIA256 on April 20, 2004, 07:41:28 PM

soul isn\'t the NVIDIA soundstorm or NFORCE boards the only DSP that encodes DD 5.1 on the fly for games?

Title: Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Dolby 5.1 question
Post by: THX on April 20, 2004, 09:43:01 PM

the nForce 2 yea, the new nForce3 is out:

http://www20.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040420/index.html

Souly: I can\'t find any info if they have the Soundstorm chip or not.  What\'s the deal??

Title: Soundblaster Audigy 2 - Dolby 5.1 question
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on April 20, 2004, 10:03:53 PM

SoundStorm is part of the MCP-T chipset on Nforce2 boards.  Atm its the only type of APU that encodes AC3 on the fly (in realtime) Not sure if they have anything like that in Nforce3 boards.  I know Nvidia are bringing out their own sound card that does support DD encoding in realtime.