Hi guys, just wondering what your thoughts are and could help with the following?
1) is there any reason to NOT use the old skool optical/toslink to connect HTPC to av receiver?
2) do games nowadays even NEED a sound card to output 5.1 sound to a receiver? Gone are the days of EAX sound and I'm guessing most do dolby digital or atmos over hdmi?
3) what happens to the games (if there are any) that DON'T have dolby digital or atmos, they won't be in 5.1 at the amp end?
3) I'm using an Asus xonar dx to send audio to my av receiver in dolby digital live. I can only use optical/toslink, which I believe is limited to around 750mbps.
What I want to know is, if I play an eg 850mbps lossless FLAC file, does sound card change into a 2 channel dolby live codec, so I'll hear 750mbps, or is is like 750mbps divide by the 6 max channels, so more like 125mbps?
4) how can I test/check the mbps that it's sending?
Thanks guys
Having a debate over mp3 quality using an old setup like this with new HiFi, wondering if I nerd to switch or if being told bs.
1) is there any reason to NOT use the old skool optical/toslink to connect HTPC to av receiver?
2) do games nowadays even NEED a sound card to output 5.1 sound to a receiver? Gone are the days of EAX sound and I'm guessing most do dolby digital or atmos over hdmi?
3) what happens to the games (if there are any) that DON'T have dolby digital or atmos, they won't be in 5.1 at the amp end?
3) I'm using an Asus xonar dx to send audio to my av receiver in dolby digital live. I can only use optical/toslink, which I believe is limited to around 750mbps.
What I want to know is, if I play an eg 850mbps lossless FLAC file, does sound card change into a 2 channel dolby live codec, so I'll hear 750mbps, or is is like 750mbps divide by the 6 max channels, so more like 125mbps?
4) how can I test/check the mbps that it's sending?
Thanks guys
Having a debate over mp3 quality using an old setup like this with new HiFi, wondering if I nerd to switch or if being told bs.