haskellbob
Novice Member
Hello. I want to watch movies on my computer and hear the 7.1 surround sound.
Is this really possible? What I don't understand is how eight channels can go through RCA outputs/inputs. I'm guessing they can't.
If I use a Digital-to-Analog converter, again the same question.
I'm getting the sense that HDMI is the medium for getting all eight discrete channels sent from computer to receiver. I have a Sony STR-DN1080.
Problem: my computer does not have an HDMI slot. Also, its sound card does not accommodate 7.1 surround sound.
Does a DAC solve both problems for me? Can it take eight channels from a downloaded movie and send them to my receiver? What I don't get is why DAC's don't have HDMI slots. Do they convert eight channels into signals that can somehow be transmitted through two RCA cables? If that were so, to my way of thinking, they would have to have included in their information some kind of "multiplexing" that would allow the two channels to be separated back into eight. But I'm probably wrong. Still, why do people want to convert digital into analog in the first place? I just don't get it. Digital what? My brain is stalled.
And please help me understand the technology of transmitting eight channels from the computer to the receiver. I could understand if someone would just say, "All eight channels of sound pass through the HDMI cable." If that's the case, you can just quote me!
Will appreciate any help.
Is this really possible? What I don't understand is how eight channels can go through RCA outputs/inputs. I'm guessing they can't.
If I use a Digital-to-Analog converter, again the same question.
I'm getting the sense that HDMI is the medium for getting all eight discrete channels sent from computer to receiver. I have a Sony STR-DN1080.
Problem: my computer does not have an HDMI slot. Also, its sound card does not accommodate 7.1 surround sound.
Does a DAC solve both problems for me? Can it take eight channels from a downloaded movie and send them to my receiver? What I don't get is why DAC's don't have HDMI slots. Do they convert eight channels into signals that can somehow be transmitted through two RCA cables? If that were so, to my way of thinking, they would have to have included in their information some kind of "multiplexing" that would allow the two channels to be separated back into eight. But I'm probably wrong. Still, why do people want to convert digital into analog in the first place? I just don't get it. Digital what? My brain is stalled.
And please help me understand the technology of transmitting eight channels from the computer to the receiver. I could understand if someone would just say, "All eight channels of sound pass through the HDMI cable." If that's the case, you can just quote me!
Will appreciate any help.