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USB TOSlink device - neal73 - 2011-11-18
My PC that runs XBMC Live 10.1 doesn't have an optical out so I picked one of these USB devices up to try:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/External-Sound-Card-Channel-Audio/dp/B003TO3KHY/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
It was a bit of a longshot if it worked out of the box but I have a strange problem - if I connect it to the PC and then boot XBMC Live it just freezes, if I boot up and then connect it nothing happens.
Has anyone tried one of these on XBMC Live and got it working?
- pike - 2011-11-18
what's the specs of the pc ? brand of motherboard etc ..
- neal73 - 2011-11-18
Sorry, I completely forgot to add that....
It's a Small Form Factor Dell Optiplex 745 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_OptiPlex) running XBMC Live 10.1
As for the USB Toslink device, it has no details on it at all, but there's loads of them all identical on amazon & ebay. I've tested it on a laptop running win7 and it works fine.
If I can't get this to work, are there any recommended USB add ons to get a TOSlink connection on this?
Thanks.
- pike - 2011-11-18
I got a nagging suspicion it might have to do with a linux boot issue, but I got no way to confirm it. does win7 boot fine on same pc with the device attached ?
- neal73 - 2011-11-18
I don't know - the PC only has XBMC live on it. I've been looking at maybe putting an internal sound card in, but being small form my choices are a bit limited. This one doesn't cost too much and looks alright: http://www.ebuyer.com/246650-asus-xonar-dg-5-1-surround-sound-card-with-built-in-headphone-amp-xonar-dg-oem?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products
- neal73 - 2011-11-19
More info on my system:
XBMC 10.1 (compiled MAr 9 2011)
CPU: Intel Core2 CPU [email protected]
Total Memory 1000mb
Video GPU: ATI Radeon HD 3400 series
- hazeh - 2011-11-19
I bought a usb soundcard for an analog only machine I have:
http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/sound-cards/audio-advantage-micro-ii.aspx
I'm running openelec and it works out of the box - all I had to do was to plug it in and switch to optical in the xbmc audio gui.
- fasteddy - 2011-11-20
I used to have something very similar from Dealextreme - it worked just fine under Ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04. Didn't need it anymore after that, though.