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Need help with PS3 audio setup

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Sedako

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I am attempting to route my PS3's sound through my Montego DDL sound card via optical, and then through the 5.1 speakers connected to the sound card via analog output. I'm not even sure if this is possible, but if it is, I can't seem to get it to work. I've enabled SPDIF under the Vista sound panel for the sound card, and made sure the cable is plugged into the correct port. Any suggestions?
 
Go to Settings -> Audio Setup (or whatever it's called) on your PS3 and make sure the audio output is set to Optical. Also, make sure the cable is connected to the optical input on your sound card.

Also, I'm pretty sure you'll need to decode the signal from the PS3 somehow. It would typically be Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS. If your soundcard can't do that on the fly, you may need to use software of some kind to decode the signal and output the audio to your speakers. I'm not familiar with this kind of setup though, so I don't have any details for you.
 
All you've stated has already been accounted for. As for the software, I'm not exactly sure what to look for, given my sound card. Any suggestions?
 
Generally speaking, decoding DD/DTS is pretty much impractical if you're trying to use your PC as a "receiver." I've tried, it's not worth the hassle. Stereo sound should work fine over optical though (don't guarantee anything though since I don't own a Montego to tell you.)
 
Yeah, you're SOL on that idea. You'd have to send stereo. You could run an expander in software to get faux surround but it would be just that - faux surround, not as good as the real surround track.
 
I can't even get it to work with 2.1, let alone 5.1. I'm think i'm going to be picking up some Behringer MS20s though, and do away with my cheap logitech 5.1s. They also have an optical in, which is exactly what I need.
 
Or you could pick up a receiver and speakers. Optical is so last generation. Linear PCM is the future.

With digital coaxial/optical you need to compress surround sound to either AC3 or DTS. With Hdmi you don't even need to compress the sound--you can send full surround digitally at a bitrate that optical/coaxial can only dream of.
 
That would be a nice option if I had the money for an HDMI receiver, having just spent most of my spare funds on a PS3 and monitor. Perhaps in the future.
 
Specs say it has "Optical S/PDIF In." If that's accurate, it's a software problem (i.e. you need to configure your PS3 & PC correctly so they understand who's listening to whom instead of both trying to talk at the same time).

No clue how your software works, but setting the PS3 to output over optical sound is elementary and in your PS3 manual if you can't figure it out by looking at the menu (which is pretty self-explanatory). Anyway, let's assume you're right and this part is fine.

Next you need to tell the sound card to stop thinking its optical jack is an output. Assuming you have the proper drivers installed, did it come with a software "control panel" package like most cards?

If the "optical in" really only does stereo...well, I doubt your sound card will take that many channels of analog input either. In which case you're in the situation of having to buy a $100+ device to get the computer to take it as input - roughly the cost of a cheap receiver. So you can: Make the sound card behave by fiddling with its control software, Put up with only having stereo sound for now, Switch the plugs manually every time, Save up and buy a receiver.
 
dandragonrage said:
They do not mention accepting DD or DTS over that, though.
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Yeah. Which is why I'm thinking he may very well be SOL, but it doesn't hurt to fiddle with the software. And it seems pretty clear that it is either a software issue in the sound card config (or jumpers if they decided to be lazy), or that he's SOL without additional hardware of some sort.
 
The software included with drivers is very basic, and gives me no option to change the way the optical in functions. Also, the main problem is that I cannot get sound period. It's not so much wanting 5.1 as it is getting any sound at all. I probably am SOL with this setup, but that's fine. It gives me an excuse to upgrade to something better, Thanks for the help though.
 
Ah, now that sounds a little promising. A little more research on the Mfg's site, then...

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The card on TB's site shows discrete connections for in and out. Make sure you're connected to the lower one. The specs page comments further on the input functionality and says that "Settings are in the Control Panel main tab." You should be seeing something like this:

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You can see the user manual here:

ftp://ftp.voyetra.com/pub/tbs/mtgoddl/mtgoddl.pdf

Page 29 notes that there is an "S/PDIF In to Out" function selectable from the drop-down on that page shown above, which really sounds like it should just passthrough any format you happen to be using should you have the ability to use optical out as well.

Page 37 notes that there is an S/PDIF in option on the "Record Source" pull-down. Assuming this is set, you would then need to take it up with Windows since you don't normally want the computer to play back the sound as it's recorded. It can be done though (although I forget the specifics). I think this is just a matter of fiddling with the "Mixer" or "Sound Properties" options (called different things depending on which version of Windows).
 
The only problem with that is Turtle Beach don't want to support 64-bit Vista with their drivers. I'm currently using Azuntech drivers from a card with the same c-media chip because of this, and the control panel is very generic. Would there be some way to install the Turtle Beach CP while keeping the Azuntech drivers?
 
Yeah, resurrecting an old topic, but I'm in a similar situation (except with my PS2). I've discovered that using recording software I can record whatever comes out of my PS2 optical out into my SPDIF-in. However, I can't play it while it's recording. Is there any software I can use that will let me play this, or some way to enable playing while recording in Windows XP Pro?

Thanks.
 
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