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    audio help

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by infamous84, Oct 13, 2010.

  1. infamous84

    infamous84 Newbie

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    wasup guys,

    my question is i have a 5.1 surround sound setup for my windows desktop, is there a way i can set this up on my MBP?

    thanks
     
    infamous84, Oct 13, 2010
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    haquocdung Notebook Virtuoso

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    haquocdung, Oct 13, 2010
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    sulkorp Notebook Deity

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    How is your setup connected to your desktop at the moment? Optically? or with a bunch of 3.5mm connections?

    If its optical, you can just plug right in, as macs have optical built in. If its the bunch of 3.5mm, you're outta luck. No direct way, short of finding a usb soundcard that outputs to that format.
     
    sulkorp, Oct 14, 2010
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    infamous84 Newbie

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    its connected thru the s/pdif connection
     
    infamous84, Oct 14, 2010
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    haquocdung Notebook Virtuoso

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    There is s/pdif connection for the Creative USB sound card Xfi 5.1, but you need to sacrifire a usb port ;)
     
    haquocdung, Oct 14, 2010
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    Macs come standard with spdif. Plug it in and it should work fine.

    You may need a different cable then what you have, mac laptops come with a 3.5mm spdif connection, not like the ones on PC mobos.
     
    sulkorp, Oct 18, 2010
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