<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:59 AM, jansenj <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jansenj%2Bmyth@gmail.com">jansenj+myth@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<OT GRIPE> <br>Why
won't my SONY HDTV output surround sound (let alone any sound) audio
via spdif connection when it comes in as 5.1 stream via HDMI?!!? Arrgh,
its so anoying! It works when you're watching live ATSC on the TV, but
ONLY for that use! You can have analog LR out when your audio comes in
via hdmi...whoohooo. I'd love to put my mythbox in another room and
just run a single HDMI cable to my TV, but then I can't get surround
sound on my sound system unless I add some extra converter box to split
the digital audio back off the hdmi cable. I'm sure it was done for
some copyright protection, but that is just going to far in my opinion
for the audio stream. I want to have the audio on the TV, but want the
option for surround sound if I am in the mood. Why should I have to
buy an expensive HDMI capable amp in order to achieve this!? They make
it so difficult!!! If you read this gripe, thanks for listening. Any
suggestions would be appreciated, but I really don't anticipate any.<br>
</OT GRIPE>
<br></blockquote><div><br>You can blame Hollywood for that one. It's called the "Protected Audio Path". The way we want it to work makes sense from a logical POV, but apparently, not from a monetary POV.<br>
<br>Jim <br></div></div><br>