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dougiefresh94 · (This post was last modified: 2015-03-06, 23:06 by Matt Devo.)

Hello, recently set up Asus Chrombox with openelec. Really want Dolby sound. What is everyone's experience with this. I am looking to go with a usb soundcard, or a HDMI splitter with optical or coax output. Wondering which setup would be best, if any difference at all. Also found a cheap usb soundcard on ebay, but comes with disk. Anyone know if this will plug and play on the chromebox? Looks cheap, Im from the school of you get what u pay for. Thanks, Doug.

Here is the link to the usb soundcard. http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-External-Opt...5415d63b78

Matt Devo · 2015-03-06, 23:06

that should work fine, as should any of the ones listed in the ChromeBox wiki. But really, this has nothing to do with the ChromeBox - you just want a USB SPDIF adapter that's supported under OpenELEC, what you're connecting it to is irrelevant.

Topken · 2015-03-06, 23:21

This is what you want

http://www.amazon.com/Turtle-Beach-Advan...0036VO4X4/

It will work perfectly fine with OpenElec and is cheap at only $25

ikecomp · 2015-03-07, 01:13

(2015-03-06, 21:29)dougiefresh94 Wrote: Hello, recently set up Asus Chrombox with openelec. Really want Dolby sound. What is everyone's experience with this. I am looking to go with a usb soundcard, or a HDMI splitter with optical or coax output. Wondering which setup would be best, if any difference at all. Also found a cheap usb soundcard on ebay, but comes with disk. Anyone know if this will plug and play on the chromebox? Looks cheap, Im from the school of you get what u pay for. Thanks, Doug.

Here is the link to the usb soundcard. http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-External-Opt...5415d63b78

I'm probably a little confused but why wouldn't you just use HDMI and pass-through/bitstream to your receiver for dolby sound? Apologies if I missed where you stated limitations preventing this.

nickr · 2015-03-07, 01:41

Not all amplifiers have HDMI in.

ikecomp · 2015-03-07, 02:04

(2015-03-07, 01:41)nickr Wrote: Not all amplifiers have HDMI in.

Yep, I'm aware of that. Just didn't hear the OP state that in his post. Carry on gents

dougiefresh94 · 2015-03-12, 02:48

No hdmi input to reciever.

dougiefresh94 · 2015-03-12, 02:49

Topken, does optical plug into the other end?

dougiefresh94 · 2015-03-12, 02:52

Also Topken, will I get true HD sound with that adapter?

Matt Devo · 2015-03-12, 02:59

I don't understand what you're asking. The adapter you linked has optical SPDIF output, which is capable of passing 5.1 DD/DTS. "TrueHD" is Dolby's lossless ("hi-def") compression scheme, which requires HDMI due to the bandwidth required (as does DTS-HD).

Topken · 2015-03-12, 04:14

Dougie if your AVR doesn't have HDMI in then it does not support the Audio HD formats anyways so that is irrealivent in this case. The adapter I linked to does come with the needed 3.5mm to toslink adapter needed for optical connections.

Matt Devo · 2015-03-12, 04:26

(2015-03-12, 04:14)Topken Wrote: Dougie if your AVR doesn't have HDMI in then it does not support the Audio HD formats anyways so that is irrealivent in this case. The adapter I linked to does come with the needed 3.5mm to toslink adapter needed for optical connections.

it's also one listed on the ChromeBox wiki, and the one I use myself

Topken · 2015-03-12, 06:17

Matt that is why I linked to it because I know it will work perfectly with Openelec and will do what Dougie wants minus HD audio since if his AVR/receiver doesn't have HDMI in then it doesn't support HD audio anyways and is a mute point. I don't know if the one he linked to will work in openelec or not but the one I linked to is a well known toslink adapter that works perfectly with Openelec.