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JeandePaul

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5.1 sound trough S/PDIF
« on: April 20, 2011, 05:57:56 AM »
Dear experts,

I've been working on a solution on this for at least a month but I can't get it to work. This is my problem:

I've bought a Sony Blu-Ray e-370 (http://www.sony.co.uk/product/hch-systems-with-blu-ray-disc/bdv-e370/tab/technicalspecs) and would like to hear true 5.1 sound when I connect my Acer laptop (http://laptops-specs.blogspot.com/2010/09/acer-aspire-5738-specifications.html) to my tv and Blu-Ray. This is what I've tried so far, without any luck:

- I've tried to sent the 5.1 sound trough hdmi to my tv and from there to my blu ray by a s/pdif cable. That didn't work because my hdmi doesn't pass more than 2 channels and I don't think my Bravia tv can send 5.1 sound trough s/pdif.
- I've connected a Toslink cable to the digital out (s/pdif) from my laptop and tried to sent it directly to my blu-ray. First I got a lot of errors so I updated my sound card drivers. After this the errors were gone, but still no 5.1 sound. I've tried all different kinds of codec packs and settings but nothing seems to work.

At this time I'm trying to set up ac3 filter in combination with MPC-HC, but it just won't transmit 6 channels. Right now, I'm not getting any sound in MPC-HC, probably because I've tried too many wrong settings.

I just don't have enough understanding about these things so please lend me a hand by solving this puzzle. I would be very grateful!