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<blockquote data-quote="cesser" data-source="post: 277422" data-attributes="member: 77628">This may be a stupid question, but please forgive my ignorance.&nbsp; I'm about to take the plunge and build my first HTPC.&nbsp; I want to archive and play DVD's to and from the hard drive with the 5.1 sound stream attached.&nbsp; My audio receiver has optical inputs, so I want to be able to output the 5.1 sound to it via optical as well.&nbsp; Will I be able to get 5.1 sound via optical since the files are stored on the hard drive?&nbsp; I keep reading about S/PDIF, but that doesn't apply in this case, right?&nbsp; Since I won't be playing DVD's via the DVD drive?This is probably a very simple question, but I've been trying to find a situation like this on the internet, but haven't really come across anything definitive - how can I send an encoded 5.1 sound stream on the hard drive via optical to my 5.1 Panasonic decoder?&nbsp;&nbsp; I've been looking at this <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829118103" target="_blank">Turtle Beach card</a> - would this work for hard drive audio streams?&nbsp; Or am I missing the boat here entirely?Thanks for any help.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cesser, post: 277422, member: 77628"] This may be a stupid question, but please forgive my ignorance. I'm about to take the plunge and build my first HTPC. I want to archive and play DVD's to and from the hard drive with the 5.1 sound stream attached. My audio receiver has optical inputs, so I want to be able to output the 5.1 sound to it via optical as well. Will I be able to get 5.1 sound via optical since the files are stored on the hard drive? I keep reading about S/PDIF, but that doesn't apply in this case, right? Since I won't be playing DVD's via the DVD drive? This is probably a very simple question, but I've been trying to find a situation like this on the internet, but haven't really come across anything definitive - how can I send an encoded 5.1 sound stream on the hard drive via optical to my 5.1 Panasonic decoder? I've been looking at this [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829118103"]Turtle Beach card[/URL] - would this work for hard drive audio streams? Or am I missing the boat here entirely? Thanks for any help. [/QUOTE]

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