slimecity
Super Member
Hi - after some pointers for doing this.
I am a vintage audio freak, so before we start, please dont suggest that I get a 5.1 receiver (yes, it will make life easier, but thats not how I do things.....!)
I have a macbook pro a couple of years old and for two-channel I have a Topping D30 DAC - that runs to me amps. No complaints there.
But I would like to look at how to run 5.1 from the Mac. I've heard that the Mac puts this out in toslink format.
I also reckon I could just run a signal to a soundbar to get the centre and projected left and right rears.
I run a cable from thunderbolt-out that has an HDMI lead to input picture and sound to the TV. Once connected, this disables all other sound outputs from the mac.
So ideally I need something that will split the HDMI signal from the Mac, put one of these into the TV-in, and somehow route into maybe some kind of converter that could extract centre & surround audio from HDMI.
Any ideas on how this could be done? thanks!
I am a vintage audio freak, so before we start, please dont suggest that I get a 5.1 receiver (yes, it will make life easier, but thats not how I do things.....!)
I have a macbook pro a couple of years old and for two-channel I have a Topping D30 DAC - that runs to me amps. No complaints there.
But I would like to look at how to run 5.1 from the Mac. I've heard that the Mac puts this out in toslink format.
I also reckon I could just run a signal to a soundbar to get the centre and projected left and right rears.
I run a cable from thunderbolt-out that has an HDMI lead to input picture and sound to the TV. Once connected, this disables all other sound outputs from the mac.
So ideally I need something that will split the HDMI signal from the Mac, put one of these into the TV-in, and somehow route into maybe some kind of converter that could extract centre & surround audio from HDMI.
Any ideas on how this could be done? thanks!
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