Hey all, I am trying to get some AC3 encoded files to play through my computer into my Dolby Digital Amplifier, and play 5.1 surround over my home theater speakers. I have a Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum. It has an SPDIF output on the front of it.
How easy is this? Do I simply have to enable digital out, plug a coaxial cable from my SPDIF out to the Digital Coax. Input on my amp and presto, when I play the file, my amp will recognize it as Dolby Digital?
Or is there more to it? Do I have to play around with stuff in the video player (BSPlayer) to make this work?
Also, I have AC3Filter installed on the system, do I even need this as the amplifier obviously decodes AC3?
Also, how can I be sure if the AC3 stream in the video file will be recognized as Dolby Digital? It says AC3 5.1, so does this automatically translate into dolby digital?
Thanks for any pointers!
How easy is this? Do I simply have to enable digital out, plug a coaxial cable from my SPDIF out to the Digital Coax. Input on my amp and presto, when I play the file, my amp will recognize it as Dolby Digital?
Or is there more to it? Do I have to play around with stuff in the video player (BSPlayer) to make this work?
Also, I have AC3Filter installed on the system, do I even need this as the amplifier obviously decodes AC3?
Also, how can I be sure if the AC3 stream in the video file will be recognized as Dolby Digital? It says AC3 5.1, so does this automatically translate into dolby digital?
Thanks for any pointers!