[mythtv-users] "Do you really need a discrete audio card ?"

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

On 24 November 2010 14:21, Emmanuel <eallaud at gmail.com> wrote:
> But if you can output the sound in PCM to your amp then this could be a good
> solution; can this be done for 5.1 and 7.1 with 24 bits/ 96kHz actually? I
> am pretty sure SPDIF cant handle that, probably HDMI could do it.
> Anyways it is also a matter of taste I guess ;-)

With LPCM and hdmi, definitely.
HDMI supports up to 8 discrete channels of uncompressed audio 24bits/192kHz