2010-07-10, 14:06
I've got a new SFF PC that doesn't have digital audio out - my receiver supports 5.1 dd/dts etc over optical/coax and works perfectly with my previous 'main' htpc.
I don't really have a choice bar getting a usb>spdif adapter.
Quickly checking on ebay it seems there's quite a few adapters that will only pass through a stereo signal.
I need linux support and want to be rather fussy about the size of the adapter, without spending silly money.
Something like http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HA-INFO-NG-COAX-US...2a08726716 looks great (except it says stereo output), while some of the other cheap usb soundcards look far too big (and like they'd fall apart in 5mins).
Ideally it would just be a tiny adapter with a male usb plug and an optical connector.
Does anyone have any recommendations before I spend hours searching through ebay?
I don't really have a choice bar getting a usb>spdif adapter.
Quickly checking on ebay it seems there's quite a few adapters that will only pass through a stereo signal.
I need linux support and want to be rather fussy about the size of the adapter, without spending silly money.
Something like http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HA-INFO-NG-COAX-US...2a08726716 looks great (except it says stereo output), while some of the other cheap usb soundcards look far too big (and like they'd fall apart in 5mins).
Ideally it would just be a tiny adapter with a male usb plug and an optical connector.
Does anyone have any recommendations before I spend hours searching through ebay?