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

[Griz]

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

 

[Griz]

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

 

[Griz]

@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

 

[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.