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<p><tt>-----Allen Edwards wrote: -----<br>
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<tt>>On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Alan Smedley<br>
</tt><tt>>wrote:<br>
</tt><tt>>><br>
</tt><tt>>> Hi,<br>
</tt><tt>>><br>
</tt><tt>>> I was wondering if anyone can recommend a PCI Audio Card which has<br>
</tt><tt>>an optical<br>
</tt><tt>>> SPDIF output which works with Mythtv.<br>
</tt><tt>>><br>
</tt><tt>>> I currently have an Asus M3N78-VM motherboard which from my<br>
</tt><tt>>searches appears<br>
</tt><tt>>> not to support optical SPDIF output.<br>
</tt><tt>>><br>
</tt><tt>>> Regards,<br>
</tt><tt>>> Alan<br>
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</tt><tt>><br>
</tt><tt>>I was told by ASUS that all their motherboards have spdif connectors<br>
</tt><tt>>on them. Mine has a spdif on the rear panel but I took the internal<br>
</tt><tt>>one, like the one yours should have, and signal shifted it and took<br>
</tt><tt>>it<br>
</tt><tt>>to a connector on the rear panel. I needed two. I think you can buy<br>
</tt><tt>>these from ASUS but I made it from parts lying around. It took 2<br>
</tt><tt>>resistors, a capacitor, an RCA connector, and a blank cover plate for<br>
</tt><tt>>a pci slot.<br>
</tt><tt>><br>
</tt><tt>>Allen<br>
</tt><tt>><br>
</tt><tt>> 100nF<br>
</tt><tt>> TTL ----||-----330ohm-- --------- coax S/PDIF signal out<br>
</tt><tt>> in |<br>
</tt><tt>> 100ohm<br>
</tt><tt>> |<br>
</tt><tt>> Ground ----------------- --------- coax signal ground<br>
</tt><tt>><br>
</tt><br>
<tt>At least one Norwegian webshop sells the original ASUS bracket at a reasonable price: <a href="http://www.ps.no/ArtDtl.aspx?i=160310&model=">http://www.ps.no/ArtDtl.aspx?i=160310&model=</a><br>
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<tt>Possibly obtainable elsewhere in the world as well?</tt></body></html>