Tom's Hardware: Topic AC'97 and SPDIF
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Hi everyone, hope this post belongs here 
I'm about to buy an AV reciever which decodes DD and DTS bitstreams for use with my girlfriends new computer. The receiver has both Optical and Co-axial digital inputs.
Her PC has an onboard AC'97 chip. Can anyone tell me if the standard lineout plug will act as a S/PDIF port? or do I need to buy the additional breakout board for that? I know that the line-out is a 3.5mm plug, but it would be quite easy to make a 3.5mm -> Co-ax cable.
Thanks for your help!
-James-
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