Re: [SurroundSound] Surround Advice Sought

SPDIF will only support 24/96 in stereo.

It can support multichannel in DTS or Dolby Digital only.

Use HDMI. If your Dell has a DisplayPort, you can use a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter.

On 02/03/11 07:47, RARBAR wrote:
> Just loaded a "new" laptop from Dell with Home theater software to
> play most formats. This new laptop is a DELL XPS M1710. It comes
> with SPDIF output. I notice one important difference between my
> previous desktop home theater system and this laptop. The major
> difference is playing DVD-A iso using either Foobar or Shaplayer which
> worked really well with my analog outputs from my sound card in the
> desktop to my receiver/amplifier. 4.0 or 5.1 formats sounded great.
> Now with the laptop running Foobar or Shaplayer with SPDIF output to
> the same reciever/amp the reciever produces stereo only. The front
> panel of the receiver LCD lights up with "96K Stereo"
>
> So, what is causing surround not to be played? Is the receiver
> shifting automatically to 96K stereo because it cant handle 24 bit
> 96000hz 6 channel input? or Is the laptop computer SPDIF hardware not
> capable of creating 24 bit 96000hz 6 channel output. Or Is it the
> SPDIF standard/technology itself incapable of supporting 4,5,or 6
> channel digital signals. (Some posts I have read here say yes others
> say no.)
>
> If it is a problem with my reciever/amp does anyone know an
> inexpensive one I could purchase that can play DVD-A plus other
> formats via SPDIF.
>
> Could a possible solution be an external USB surround card with analog
> outputs?
>
> Any advice is greatly appreciated.
>

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