[mythtv-users] AC3, Analog Cable and 5.1

[Justin The Cynical]

White Joe wrote:
> I have inherited a spiffy, if dated, receiver (Harman Kardan DPR 1001),
> with a set of 5.1 speakers.  Un surprisingly, I am trying to make sound
> (TV and DVDs) come out in 5.1 format.  The posts I have read that touch
> on the subject have confused me.

If that is the one referenced here at Spam^WAmazon 
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008EDC9/104-1776589-4349536?v=glance&n=172282), 
I want.

> Is it possible to do this with analog cable?  

I'm not sure what you mean by that.  Are you referring to analogue cable 
as in something from a cable TV provider, or analogue cable as the wires 
coming out from the back of a sound card?

*looks at the back of the receiver*

If it's the sound card route, then no, you would have to plug the myth 
system into the optical or coaxial digital inputs on the back of the 
receiver and let the receiver decode the datastream from the SPDIF 
output from whatever you have that provides SPDIF.

If you are referring to the cable TV provider type of cable, that I 
don't know, I've not used cable in many years.