bluray 7.1 running on pc ?

[aussiepete]

can any help with this is it possible to run a bluray movie through pc with hdmi cable 5.1 7.1 sound ? what is needed to run speakers through pc or do you need pre amp speakers or back through amp ie reciever as normal any help would be great thanks

[prerich]

Originally Posted by aussiepete

can any help with this is it possible to run a bluray movie through pc with hdmi cable 5.1 7.1 sound ? what is needed to run speakers through pc or do you need pre amp speakers or back through amp ie reciever as normal any help would be great thanks

ATI 4XXX series video card, Xonar HDAV1.3 sound card (available through Ebay in the US - only released in Tawain and UK), 8200/8300 series motherboard with onboard HDMI, or intel g45 series motherboard - these are the only ways of getting 5.1/7.1 sound through HDMI that I know of

[JadedRaverLA]

Originally Posted by aussiepete

can any help with this is it possible to run a bluray movie through pc with hdmi cable 5.1 7.1 sound ? what is needed to run speakers through pc or do you need pre amp speakers or back through amp ie reciever as normal any help would be great thanks

If you mean just setting up 5.1 or 7.1 speakers on your PC, that's easy to do, and you just need a PC speaker system designed to connect to your sound card.

If you want to use home theatre speakers, those will require an amp -- and if you want lossless you'll need an amp/receiver that can accept 7.1 LPCM audio over HDMI along with one of the PC solutions prerich mentioned.

[aussiepete]

Originally Posted by JadedRaverLA

If you mean just setting up 5.1 or 7.1 speakers on your PC, that's easy to do, and you just need a PC speaker system designed to connect to your sound card.

If you want to use home theatre speakers, those will require an amp -- and if you want lossless you'll need an amp/receiver that can accept 7.1 LPCM audio over HDMI along with one of the PC solutions prerich mentioned.

thanks it has been a debate for a few weeks now between me and a friend he has currently got a full set of jamo home theatre speakers andv thinks a pc will run them without reciever amp thankyou