<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve MacLaren</b> <<a href="mailto:scram69@gmail.com">scram69@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div><span class="q" id="q_114602ec24a4e7a9_1"><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick F</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:nikos.f@gmail.com" target="_blank">
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">I use the optical out jack, and have connected it to a (relatively<br>cheap) 5.1 receiver that has optical in. It passes all sound in
<br>digital format to the optical out for TV, and when playing back Dolby <br>Digital (e,g in Mythvideo)- passes the DD output. Works brilliantly,<br>and was a big improvement in sound quality from the line-out into my<br>
plasma (plus this way I have surround sound).<br><br>Works easily in both Linux (Fedora Core 6) and OS X modes. </blockquote></span></div>
<div><br>Are you using the AC3 passthrough option when in OS X? I have the same setup for optical output, but all I get is a clicking noise when I select AC3 passthrough.</div></div></blockquote>
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<div>Yes - I ticked the AC3 passthrough box under OSX - and it 'just works'. I'll check my other sound settings when I get home</div><br> </div>