[mythtv-users] WinTV-Theater ?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Dane Kantner
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:33 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] WinTV-Theater ?
>
>
> > There's no need to support surround sound in mythtv.  That's what an
> external
> > receiver is for.  Standard Dolby Surround (ie, prologic), is
> just encoded
> as
> > a stereo signal.
>
> so, i can just buy any card that is sold as "dbx stereo" ...have the sound
> go out my sound card as 2 channel audio to my receiver and the
> receiver will
> do the rest?  (i guess this does make sense--my TV for instance outputs 2
> channel stereo to the receiver--i think?)
>
> i'm thinking of getting the win TV radio card...
>
> -dane

Keep in mind that we're talking 'prologic' type surround, not 5.1 Surround.
AFAIK, you can't get 5.1 surround from a standard TV signal anyway (but I
know not whereof I speak...)

-JAC