[mythtv-users] AC3, Analog Cable and 5.1

White Joe joe.white at consultant.volvo.com
Fri Mar 24 13:52:50 UTC 2006


 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Justin 
> The Cynical
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 12:52 AM
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> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] AC3, Analog Cable and 5.1
> 
> 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/B00008EDC9/104-1776589-43495
> 36?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.
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"Analog Cable" was refering to the signal coming in from TimeWarner, my
cable tv provider.  We have never had a reason to pay the extra
$15/month for Digital Cable before.  I am not yet convinced that I care
enough to do so now.


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