Hey guys, I have a 5.1 surround sound system that I would like to hook up to either my tv or my media pc. My tv has fiber optic Audio out and the pc has room for a single slot PCI 1x card. What will be the easiest way to do this? The pc and the t.v. are connected via HDMI.
if your motherboard has 5.1 or 7.1 output, you can make your own 3.5mm to rca cables, as they are both line level.
if you dont want to make cables, you can just buy a 5.1 surround sound card that has rca outputs. they are a bit audiophilish and kind of cost a lot.
also, some 5.1 / 7.1 receivers have hdmi input / pass though.
If the TV has TOSLINK or S/PDIF out, thats all you need to add. Just keep it from PC HDMI---> TV and then do Optical out of TV ---> stereo