Best Method For Extracting Audio For Headphones From Smart TV Without Headphone Socket?

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TL/DR:

I need a way to get the audio appearing at a 3.5mm socket from a Smart TV without a 3.5mm audio output and without any Bluetooth functionality.

I see 2 options:

1. Put a 1 > 2 splitter into the optical audio output (other output goes to sound bar) and then into an optical to analog converter with a 3.5mm socket

2. Use an HDMI audio extractor which has a 3.5mm audio socket.

Any advice will be most gratefully received.
 
Ultimately depends on how concerned you are about quality, how much you're prepared to pay, and realistically if it's just better to buy a new device.

Some DACs can passthrough analog, and some soundbars can receive analog audio. So there's that also.

Is this just TV? As your original source (not normal tv) may offer other better alternatives?
 
It’s Netflix via a smart TV, unfortunately with a rather rubbish Bluetooth module. If it was just for watching Freesat, the HDMI audio extractor would have worked.

Alas, I’m going down the optical splitter and DAC route as I need audio for terrestrial TV, the inbuilt Netflix/YT apps, the Freesat box and a DVD player.
 
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