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Realtek ALC888 onboard audio

You might get more responses if you started a new thread. I've looked at the manual and it seems the hdmi header is used with some video cards that support audio over hdmi. That said, it does look to have the same outputs as a spdif header, so if you match the pinouts, it seems it should...
- nikmabc
- Post #100
- Mar 14, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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building HTPC for a friend

It could be that toslink is just "cooler" than coaxial. You might want to hook up the rca analog connections just to compare it to the digital sound. This is really about where you want the sound processed. On the pc, a video file is played by a program and maybe a filter. You can have...
- nikmabc
- Post #14
- Mar 14, 2009
- Forum: Audio Components
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building HTPC for a friend

Yup, analog. You didn't mention anything about a coaxial digital audio jack. Most receivers have one. I just read the specs on the Asus M3A78 Pro and it does have a coaxial output on the backpanel. You could use this to get digital audio, but again, 7.1 hd audio will be downmixed. Print...
- nikmabc
- Post #12
- Mar 14, 2009
- Forum: Audio Components
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building HTPC for a friend

I am in the middle of researching a similar problem. Without audio over hdmi, there is the problem of using the newer 7.1 hd audio tracks. With Toslink or Coaxial, the audio will be down mixed to 5.1(DD and DTS tracks) or worse, to 2 channel stereo(7.1 pcm). From what I have read, the only...
- nikmabc
- Post #10
- Mar 14, 2009
- Forum: Audio Components

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