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    Optical Audio on G73JH?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by daranik, Jul 9, 2010.

  1. daranik

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    Question to all you owners out there, do the S/PDIF output on the laptop allow for optical audio out in 5.1 digital audio ???
     
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    If you use a converter in the headphone jack, it works fine. I used it on my friend's 5.1 theatre to watch a movie, and worked great.
     
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  3. daranik

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    Was the audio output 5.1 dolby digital/ dts, or was it something like pro logic (fake 5.1)?
     
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    it's a standard S/PDIF port, so does 2ch PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS.

    The HDMI port can do 8ch LPCM
     
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    Ok so by it doing dolby digital and DTS it will do full 5.1 then right?
     
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    correct, it can stream it to your external decoder
     
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    mod can close this thread if they wish
     
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    Only two channel's for optical output? What a waste of technology to use Toslink for two channels. It is software limitation or hardware? And if it's software limitation is there a patch for it?
     
    oqix, Mar 16, 2011
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    oqix: you aren't getting it I guess

    TOSLINK has ALWAYS been STEREO PCM ONLY.

    To get multichannel output, it needs to be compressed, like a mp3, to fit the bandwidth of SPDIF. This is what Dolby Digital Live / DTS Connect does.

    HDMI allows for up to 8-channel Lossless PCM
     
    Chastity, Mar 16, 2011
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