DD+, TrueHD, DTS-MA through soundcard optical jack?

DJ_Borat · 18th December 2008, 07:06

Just put in a new X-Fi Titanium Professional Series PCI-E sound card. It's got built-in optical in/out jacks, as well as DTS Interactive and Dolby Digital Live.

I was wondering if I could use the optical out to bitstream Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD and DTS-MA audio to a receiver. I'm pretty sure that 8-channel LPCM cannot be done, but I'm still not quite sure about the three other HD audio formats. Does the optical jack provide enough bandwidth to do this, or am I going to have to use the analog outputs + a software decoder?

Blue_MiSfit · 18th December 2008, 08:50

Nope. Analog or HDMI (with the proper sound card only).

~MiSfit

DJ_Borat · 19th December 2008, 09:47

Thanks for the quick reply. Analog it is, then.

Blue_MiSfit · 19th December 2008, 21:17

No problem

~MiSfit

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DJ_Borat Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 17	DD+, TrueHD, DTS-MA through soundcard optical jack? Just put in a new X-Fi Titanium Professional Series PCI-E sound card. It's got built-in optical in/out jacks, as well as DTS Interactive and Dolby Digital Live. I was wondering if I could use the optical out to bitstream Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD and DTS-MA audio to a receiver. I'm pretty sure that 8-channel LPCM cannot be done, but I'm still not quite sure about the three other HD audio formats. Does the optical jack provide enough bandwidth to do this, or am I going to have to use the analog outputs + a software decoder?

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Blue_MiSfit Derek Prestegard IRL Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,989	Nope. Analog or HDMI (with the proper sound card only). ~MiSfit __________________ These are all my personal statements, not those of my employer :)

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Blue_MiSfit Derek Prestegard IRL Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,989	No problem ~MiSfit __________________ These are all my personal statements, not those of my employer :)

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DJ_Borat Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 17	Thanks for the quick reply. Analog it is, then.