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

[Terminal_Boy]

Me again…

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.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

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.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

What's the bluetooth doing? Sorry i don't understand the setup here now as you mention smart tv.

Bluetooth is losing audio sync with video when watching any streaming service via apps running on the Android OS TV. Sound bar fed via optical cable is fine.