New upgrade..HTPC.. (1 Viewer)

[Dave_vega]

here's a few shots of my recent upgrade..the TV is a 51" and this is my setup..thanks for looking!

ps..the pics don't do it justice..I should have had a tripod and these were all handheld..but they are not that bad considering..

 

[JoshGivens]

What kind of audio card do you have to have in your PC to generate the sound in 5.1 or higher to your receiver? Is it just a digital output?

I know PC's but I'm not sure about this aspect.

Looks nice BTW.

 

[Sami Kallio]

I have a couple of Chaintech AV-710's on my computers for 7.1 sound.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...ight=chaintech

 

[Dave_vega]

Josh I have a soundblaster live 5.1 card 24 bit..to connect to the receiver you get a mono 1/8 plug to mono RCA from radioshack..plug it into your digital coaxial input on your receiver and the 1/8 plug into the SPDIF output on the sound card..then just enable SPDIF in the PC audio settings..works perfect..only thing I have to do is change the output to 48 Khz from 96 khz when doing anything other than watching DVD's..

 

[Chris_HA]

What a pain. Makes me happy I gave up my SB 5.1 card a while ago. Get a M-Audio Revolution 5.1 or 7.1 card with has an RCA Coax-Out on the back. I never need to change any settings, and it passes DTS every time, something I was having a problem doing with the SB card.

 

[Dave_vega]

it's no pain at all..I can leave the settings at 48khz for everything and I wouldn't be able to tell the difference..I actually usually leave it at 48khz..I can pass DTS, DD5.1 through zoom player and ffdshow..I have 0 complaints at all with the SB card..quite nice..