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greenfox   09-04-2009 at 07:36:43 AM

I'm in a dorm. I have one 5.1 sound system and it's connected to my PC. I have an Xbox with a fiber optic cable to my PC. I see the sound (the little bar on my PC bounces when I do stuff on my Xbox), but I can't get it to re-distribute that to my speakers. The realtek software doesn't have the option to make it pass through like it does for 3.5mm line-in and mic ports. I used the line-in, but the sound it washed out an low quality.

How do I get the digital Fiber Optic sound from my Xbox to my Speakers on my PC.

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r_manic   09-04-2009 at 12:29:40 PM
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How did you go about deciding to use a 5.1 optic to stream the sound to your PC speakers? What procedure did you follow?

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chedrz   09-04-2009 at 06:45:48 PM
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I wasn't able to get 5.1 to stream though using SPDIF. I had to use digital stereo on the Xbox and then turn on matrix mode on my Logitech Z-5300e's, and that "converts" it to 5.1. I'm doing all of that through an Asus Xonar D2X. As far as the Realtek software goes, you might have to disable digital 5.1 and try digital stereo on the Xbox. Digital 5.1 was giving me some ridiculous feedback or something. It was like my speakers were screeching.

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greenfox   09-05-2009 at 10:29:58 AM
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I have my 5.1 sound system connected to my PC via 3 x 3.5mm jacks. The only way to get 5.1 out of my Xbox is to use optical. So the only way I have to connect the sound system to my Xbox is use my PC as an amp. I'm using Line-In on my PC right now and it has "pass through" volume. The Optical port is connected and my PC has identified it as AC3, but it doesn't have "pass through" volume.

Is there any way I can get my Xbox Optical to pass through to my 5.1 speakers. Maybe with a 3rd party software or something?

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skittle   09-05-2009 at 08:57:54 PM
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You need a different sound card, one that supports 5.1 pass through... which most dont... although most do support stero


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greenfox   09-06-2009 at 07:21:59 AM
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I don't believe that it's impossible. If I can record 5.1, then I should be able to re-process it and put it on my speakers. Maybe not with the driver, but with another program. Something that can echo it.

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greenfox   09-08-2009 at 10:37:54 PM
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The reason I need to get the hardware I'm using to work is because I'm in a mATX LAN Party box with a Graphics card the takes two slots, a motherboard that takes up a slot for extra connectors (that I use), and a TV tuner. I'm a college student so I really don't have money to go buy a new sound card. If I can take in Fiber Optic, there has got to be a way to de-code it. Maybe with software or something that can Echo it?

Any one have any ideas?

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greenfox   09-17-2009 at 01:57:28 AM
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Still looking for a peace of software that can decode AC3 SPDIF input and pass it to my 5.1 speakers connected directly to my computer. Any one know of anything that will do that?

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