I'm looking at buying the turtle Beach Audio Advantage Micro II USB Analog & Digital Audio Adapter to use with my Dell Optiplex Hackintosh (and it's TosLink Adapter to use with my various real Macs that rightly have built in digital audio).
The description says
Is this a concern though on a Mac? (Even the Dell). Wouldn't if say I play a video with DTS Surround and have the sound pointed at the card (or just the optical out on the real macs), wouldn't the DTS signal go out naturally to my receiver? Or is there some other point I'm missing?
EDIT: This thread appears to answer my question on the real mac side (that yes, the signal just goes thru the mac port with no fuss, yay macs! ) so i'm left with the trickier will it work with my hackentosh)
EDIT 2: this thread Tells me my earlier edit was wrong..boo macs!
The description says
By installing an optional driver, the digital output can also send 5.1 channel Dolby® Digital or DTS™ surround sound as an encoded digital audio stream to your home theater system. (NOTE: This feature is only available on the Windows platform.)
Is this a concern though on a Mac? (Even the Dell). Wouldn't if say I play a video with DTS Surround and have the sound pointed at the card (or just the optical out on the real macs), wouldn't the DTS signal go out naturally to my receiver? Or is there some other point I'm missing?
EDIT: This thread appears to answer my question on the real mac side (that yes, the signal just goes thru the mac port with no fuss, yay macs! ) so i'm left with the trickier will it work with my hackentosh)
EDIT 2: this thread Tells me my earlier edit was wrong..boo macs!
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