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Does the 2011 Mac Mini have optical audio out??
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The MBP, the Mini and the iMac all have digital out via the headphone jack and it is "optical", but a normal TOSlink optical cable won't work (clearly
)If you want to connect a standard optical TOSlink cable then you need to use an adaptor, like this
http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/AD101.html?id=HTkW64FR
I should point out though that multichannel audio is not supported via this port so it's purely for stereo output. It's only supported via HDMI.
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I was using 3.5 to stereo this whole time, but when streaming movies on my mini I want digital surround sound!
So by using the adapter posted above (3.5 to optical) I can have my wishes come true?
It's called mini toslink adapter or just get a cable with mini toslink to toslink for a cleaner look. It costs a couple buck with monoprice
Had to make some adjustments on kodi, but it worked! Thx!! Tho for some reason midi settings shows only 2ch, 5.1 option is greyed out.