8 Oct
2003
8 Oct
'03
9:01 a.m.
Yes but... that seems to add another whole layer of complexity to what
already seems like a complex state of affairs. How exactly would I pipe
sound from a little onboard soundchip to a firewre port? My onboard
sound doesn't have a firewire port... The only option after that is to
pump the two remaining analoge sound channels to some kind of box, which
then had firwire connections going... erm.. where exactly? Why wouldn't
I just pump the two analoge channels directly to my amp? Except that
would kind of defeat the purpose of what I'm trying to do.
I think direct digital decoding is still preferable to any exotic
solution such as 'network sound' or sound somehow pumped through a
firewire port to somewhere (although sadly my amp doesn't have a
firewire port either. It would be cool if it did though) though some
kind of complex arrangement.
I am sure a 'conventional' arrangement should be possible. The question
is, as it was before, how?
Q
Rick Taylor wrote:
Q <raid517(a)fairadsl.co.uk> wrote:
But 'piping sound out via any other audio
capable cable' isn't really
the answer I was hoping for. SPDIF passthrough - and digital sound in
general - to an external dolby digital amplifier is a whole different
kettle of fish than that, as it involves a considerable amount of post
processing power on behalf of the digital amplifier. There is no true
5.1 (or indeed 7.1) audio playback - and subsequent channel
seperation/decoding without some direct form of digital link. Without
Firewire and USB are pretty digital. Firewire can cart about huge
amounts of information accurately and precisely. {DVD sound, video,
etc...} Both of them are capable of network connections.
this all you get is a kind of dumb (literally)
analoge reproduction of
whatever the soundcard throws at it. There is no 'intelligent'
Straight network cables can manage to convey information fairly accurately.
It seems to me that your "digital" connect is only a conduit for information
that's encoded and decoded at either end. I'd think the "intelligence"
to
be an attribute attributable to the server and client.
processing at all.
Your external amp *is* doing the processing.
But it does make me wonder... If Redhat could do
it, then surely there
I'm quite sure it's possible.