[mythtv-users] DirecTV, PVR 350 & surround sound, mutually exclusive?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Apr 29 16:39:22 UTC 2008


On 04/29/2008 12:33 PM, Phil Bridges wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Scott Harris <mythtv at webhounds.net> wrote:
>   
>> I've checked through the archives and have seen others
>>  ask, but not directly with directv.  Is it possible,
>>  with this card or another, to get surround sound from
>>  a directv satellite receiver?
>>
>>  My surround sound is working great for movies, I see
>>  the nice little blue Dolby/DTS light come on and it
>>  makes me happy ;)
>>
>>  With anything coming from the satellite it is always
>>  just stereo.
> You aren't going to get Dolby Digital out of a stereo analog output -
> you'd need to connect a digital output of the satellite receiver to
> some sort of digital input on the PC, and then mux the audio into the
> video.  OTOH, it appears that the Hauppauge box (if it ever supports
> Linux) has a digital input on it that would, presumably, allow you to
> record the digital audio along with the component video.

And, with appropriate audio settings, your PVR-x50 should be able to 
maintain the Dolby Pro Audio encoding in the stereo signal.

Mike


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