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Sound card to encode 5.1 Dolby digital surround

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August 20, 2014 3:29:40 AM

Hi

I need to get a sound card because I stupidly didn't realise that you need to encode to Dolby digital or DTS to output 5.1 over optical SPDIF.

Does anyone know if this card will definitely support DDL 5.1 encoding:

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/soundcard...

the description says "Supports real-time Dolby Digital Live 7.1 output for all digital audio sources"

but the goes on to say "7.1 audio is supported via the analogue jacks, optical output supports 2.0 stereo ONLY"

so it's a bit confusing.

Thanks all

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August 20, 2014 5:06:32 AM

From the specs I would venture to guess that it does not support Dolby 5.1 over optical SPDIF. I believe that the manufacturer has made the specs ambiguous to boost sales.
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