DTS audio from PC S/PDIF output port to amp possible?

[alx]

Hi,was wondering if you could help.

I'm considering using my old SB75G2 Pentium 4 Shuttle PC as an HTPC. This shuttle has 2 S/PDIF ports for digital audio input and output on the back.

Does this mean I could connect the optical output from the back of the pc to an amp (that decodes DTS/Dolby Digital) and play video which has 5.1 DTS? (i.e. the pc would just pass through the DTS/DD audio to the amp to decode)

Is this hard to setup on the pc?

 

[alx]

Should be easy, depending on sound device. Just make sure both playback software and sound device are set to pass through SPDIF.

Cool thanks.

I've been reading a bit up on it and apparently the Shuttle I have sometimes has problems with the sound cutting out over optical out (due to poor drivers), does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, 1 slot pci sound card that has an optical out/SPDIF port?

 

[alx]

Looks good, thanks for the recommendation