On 01/26/2010 06:09 PM, Marcel Rieux wrote: > > And, besides, as I already said, digital sound doesn't come out of the > computer's output. So this has nothing to do with the S/PDIF wire. > If you have selected to use only the digital output, you are NOT going to get sound out of the analog outputs on your computer. You do know that you can not hook speakers directly to the digital output, right? The internal SPDIF wire is what carries the digital audio. In this case, you need to carry the digital audio from the motherboard digital out connector to the video card digital in connector. This is then passed to the TV through the HDMI cable, along with the digital video. Depending on your motherboard, you may also have one or more external SPDIF connectors. I have seen what looks like an RCA jack for digital output on the back of a computer. I have also seen a fiber-optical jack. I have one computer that has both digital in and digital out RCA connectors on the back panel. I have yet to see SPDIF requiring more then signal and ground. (Unless you also need to power something with the same cable.) If your motherboard does not have built-in sound, or you are not using it, then the sound card will have some of the same connection, depending on the card. The thing to keep in mind is that most of the audio you are going to be working with is in digital format. It is converted to analog output by the DAC in your sound card. It also has an ADC to convert analog to digital. This is how you record from the mic or aux input. Now, it you are trying to connect one end of your SPDIF cable to a 4 pin connector on your motherboard, then I am 95% sure you are trying to use the wrong connector. -- Registered Linux User #16148 (http://counter.li.org/)
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