[mythtv-users] Digital Out on Sound Blaster Live! Card

[Juha Pahkala]

Jarod Wilson said:
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> On Tuesday 24 February 2004 10:34 pm, Nate Thompson wrote:
>> I was wondering if anyone in here knew of a cable that would convert the
>> minijack digital out found on the back of a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 card
>> (orange jack near the top of the card) into a optical SPDIF cable that
>> can
>> be plugged into a receiver. I did a search on a couple websites, but
>> they
>> were using a digital coax cable and mentioned that there was a
>> difference
>> in the amount of voltage sent out, which could potentially damage your
>> receiver. I am hoping to use this card in my MythTV box I am currently
>> building so that I will be able to output AC3 signals once I install my
>> pcHDTV card.
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> Try this page on for size:
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> http://www.audioauthority.com/consumer.html
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> They've got a coax to optical converter, but it ain't cheap.
>

And of course if you know your way around a soldering iron, you could
quite easily and cheaply build one yourself, following the directons from:

http://documents.epanorama.net/documents/audio/spdif.html

By the way, the aforementioned document contains lots of good information
on the subject, recomended reaading for all interested.

juhis