Greetings 
I've recently researched a way to improve the music reproduction quality from my HTPC and would probably go for an external DAC using the M/B SPDIF out adapter (Optical probably).
I wonder how could I pass-through the FRONT channels digitally through the SPDIF to the external DAC (preferably at least 24bit/96MHz ) while still using the internal codec (20bit/48MHz max) for the other channels.
I'm currently using MediaPortal with SAF5 (ffdshow) to play video files + foobar2000+ASIO4ALL for music (through MP external player plugin or just stand alone).
My sound card is the built in ADI AD1986a (SoundMax) sound codec of the ASUS M2NPV-VM mother board.
It has 6 analog out which are connected to my DIY amp and all the movies and sound files are successfully decoded and played through it.
I'm not playing any of the new HD audio formats so the Question is mainly relevant for DD/DTS/AC3 movie files while my audio files are lossless FLAC with much better resolution (upto 24bit/192MHz).
Thank you,
Gal
I've recently researched a way to improve the music reproduction quality from my HTPC and would probably go for an external DAC using the M/B SPDIF out adapter (Optical probably).
I wonder how could I pass-through the FRONT channels digitally through the SPDIF to the external DAC (preferably at least 24bit/96MHz ) while still using the internal codec (20bit/48MHz max) for the other channels.
I'm currently using MediaPortal with SAF5 (ffdshow) to play video files + foobar2000+ASIO4ALL for music (through MP external player plugin or just stand alone).
My sound card is the built in ADI AD1986a (SoundMax) sound codec of the ASUS M2NPV-VM mother board.
It has 6 analog out which are connected to my DIY amp and all the movies and sound files are successfully decoded and played through it.
I'm not playing any of the new HD audio formats so the Question is mainly relevant for DD/DTS/AC3 movie files while my audio files are lossless FLAC with much better resolution (upto 24bit/192MHz).
Thank you,
Gal