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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.
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Not all amplifiers have HDMI in.
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No hdmi input to reciever.
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Topken, does optical plug into the other end?
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Also Topken, will I get true HD sound with that adapter?
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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).
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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.
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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.