WDTV Live to Soundblaster Audigy 2?

WD Legacy Products WD TV Live & Live Plus
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N00b question:

I want to play the WDTV Live in a room that has a PC that is already setup with a 5.1 surround system system.

WDTV Live —> PC/Soundblaster Audigy 2 —> 5.1 speakers.

Is it possible to get “digital surround sound” from the WDTV Live to the Soundblaster Audigy 2?

Edit: If this matters, my 5.1 system is setup/connected from the sound card’s three 3.5mm analog outputs: (1) front L/R, (2) center/subwoofer and (3) rear L/R.

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Stealth3si wrote:

N00b question:

I want to play the WDTV Live in a room that has a PC that is already setup with a 5.1 surround system system.

WDTV Live —> PC/Soundblaster Audigy 2 —> 5.1 speakers.

Is it possible to get “digital surround sound” from the WDTV Live to the Soundblaster Audigy 2?

 

Edit: If this matters, my 5.1 system is setup/connected from the sound card’s three 3.5mm analog outputs: (1) front L/R, (2) center/subwoofer and (3) rear L/R.

Do you have optical IN on the Audigy?  If so, connect WD Live to it via Optical.  Please note that while this answers your question, I do not know anything about the capabilties of the sound card.  Ultimately the sound card will have to have support for recognizing the encoding of the optical signal.

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The optical digital input only recognizes 2 channel stereo PCM.

I don’t know how to get the digital 5.1 out to the speakers, which are plugged to the back of the sound card’s 1/8" analogue outputs.