Connecting Projector to PC with Bluray... Is it possible?

Griz

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Hi all,

Apologies for this being my first post on the forum, I've been lurking around in the background of the forum for years and find nearly all my answers to issues I'm having without the need to register...Terrible I know!

This current problem has me perplexed though... I'll give you a basic run down.

I'm running a pretty high end PC, it's got a Asus Rampage V Extreme with an Nvidia GTX Titan X SC sat in her. What I'd like to do is be able to play my digital bluray movie collection which I have stored on my PC, on my Optoma HD26 projector. I also have a Panasonic SC BTT 405 Bluray player with 5.1 surround sound... So;

I know it's possible to play my movies via the projector by simply switching out one of my monitor HDMI ports to a HDMI going to the Projector. but is it at all possible to connect the projector to the PC AND use the bluray players surround sound system at the same time?

I have an abundance of cables, optical, HDMI et al. I'm hoping one of them will work!

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards to all,

Griz
 
PC's optical audio out - - - > Panasonic SC BTT 405 optical in. Should be as simple as that unless I'm missing something!
 
Zefan,

I've tried this, I couldn't get anything to work, any ideas? Please bare in mind that whilst I'm okay when it comes to PC's, I know very little about audio tech, so please bare with me If I'm a little slow out of the gates:(
 
I'd start by making sure windows and your video playing software of choice are definitely set to output using the digital out, and your sound system is set to the right input source.
 
As Zefan said you need to get the PC to pass-through the audio via the optical out.

What software are you using to play and what format is your collection in (mkv or have you just copied the bluray over?).

If mkv have a look at Kodi as it can play anything and has easy settings for audio pass-through, I think it can play Bluray files now but haven't tried it myself.

If you want to share files to more devices around your house then you could look into plex later but best to get the main device working first.
 
@Zefan/@MonkeyMan

Thanks for the continued support, I can thankfully confirm that the problem has been resolved with your guys help!

It was user error on my part, as is the case most of the time! I simply had to set the input method of the bluray player to Digital in. I'd already done this in one menu but found another menu with the Digital In option. As soon as I turned it on, it worked!

Mind you, I was attempting to test my surround sound with various YouTube videos instead of going straight to PowerDVD 17.

At this moment in time I'm currently watching 2001: A Space Odysey in all of its HD glory with surround sound to boot!

Thanks guys,

All the best,
Griz
 
As a side note - just incase it helps others. I found that I had to update my Rampage V Extreme sound driver to a windows 10 hot fix version too. I've no idea why but Win 10 doesn't seem to like throwing surround sound out too much.

Asus carries the driver under their support section of the website. Hope this helps anybody experiencing similar issues.
 
Don't forget you can output audio from your graphics card via HDMI or Display Port.

So you can use HDMI to projector for video and another HDMI for audio to Blu-ray. Then change default audio device to suit. If you've only one HDMI port on you card use a DP to HDMI adapter for projector and HDMI for audio to Blu-ray. That's assuming your Blu-ray player use HDCP and won't handshake with display port.

This is basically how I run my pc through an AV receiver. Windows sees my AV receiver as another display so I just set it to duplicate desktop.

I also believe that you can only get Dolby Digital or DTS tracks via PC optical out, so other formats play in stereo only.
 
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Yep if you want HD audio (DTS-HD, True HD etc) you'll need to use HDMI and have a compatible amp.

You should also try to get your source media set to the correct frame rate (24Hz for Bluray) so you don't get jittery video, easily done via Kodi / Plex and possibly done through powerdvd (never used it).

I always get mocked when we put a film on and I start playing with settings etc but the difference between a properly setup HTPC and a basic install is like night and day.

Though I do regret playing with audio offset settings as now it never seems right (even when put back to the original values). When you start looking at mouth movement etc things never seem to match up perfectly whereas before I never noticed :o
 
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