QUiKSR20 Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 Im reading up on this MP3 feature and trying to figure out how to use it. My sound card has Coaxil Digital out Now I have used this with my old sony reciever and it would play PCM and winamp would do the decoding. What I want to do is figure out how to just send the information over the digital coaxil cable and let the HK do the processing and take the strain off my computer not that it strains it much. I just want to utilize the features in my new reciever. Anybody know how to do this or what programs or plugins I need? Thanks for all your help. ------------------ Thanks, Daryl Gregg MY Home Theatre Page HK AVR-510 Reciever Sony DVP-NS400D DVD SB-3 Mains SC-1 Center Quintet Rears KSW-12 Sub AR Proseries Interconects R.I.P. Paul W. Klipsch THE LEGEND! 3/9/04 - 5/5/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 why don't you just get an adapter to get your digital coax to the right size and just plug it in a digital coax in of your receiver? wouldn't that work? ------------------ http://members.fortunecity.com/sebdavid - go laugh at my crappy website/equipment http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mc.asp?alias=Sebdavid - go laugh at my puny little DVD collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QUiKSR20 Posted May 31, 2002 Author Share Posted May 31, 2002 I have both digital coax on my sound card and on my receiver. If i plug in the digital coax from one to the other. I will hear my MP3's no problem but just as regular as I do with any reciever I want to just have it send the info over and let the reciever do the conversion like its suppose to do I just dont know how to get it to do it. I just want winamp or whatever player to just send the data bitstream across the wire and not actual audio and let the recievers MP3 Codecs or whatever play it. It suppose to be able to do that but i dont know how I havent got the MP3 Light to come on yet. ------------------ Thanks, Daryl Gregg MY Home Theatre Page HK AVR-510 Reciever Sony DVP-NS400D DVD SB-3 Mains SC-1 Center Quintet Rears KSW-12 Sub AR Proseries Interconects R.I.P. Paul W. Klipsch THE LEGEND! 3/9/04 - 5/5/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted May 31, 2002 Share Posted May 31, 2002 I am not sure, but could this help Harman Audio DAL 150 ------------------ m00nsCinema to be the m00n system FRONTS: RF-7 CENTER: RC-7 SURROUNDS: RS-7 SUB: RSW-12 RECEIVER: Harman Kardon AVR 520 DVD: Toshiba SD 3205 (DD, DTS) TV: Samsung 27" Flatscreen COMPUTER: ProMedia 4.1 c>Microsoft XBOXc> f> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QUiKSR20 Posted May 31, 2002 Author Share Posted May 31, 2002 I saw that.. But im sure I can do it without that. Its $150 for that piece and my sound card already has a coaxial digital out and all that does from what it looks like is give your computer a coaxial digital out. I could be wrong. I already read up on that already but thanks m00n im sure ill figure this out soon. ------------------ Thanks, Daryl Gregg MY Home Theatre Page HK AVR-510 Reciever Sony DVP-NS400D DVD SB-3 Mains SC-1 Center Quintet Rears KSW-12 Sub AR Proseries Interconects R.I.P. Paul W. Klipsch THE LEGEND! 3/9/04 - 5/5/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eq_shadimar Posted May 31, 2002 Share Posted May 31, 2002 I believe that by the time the output has reached your sound card's digital output that everything has already been processed. You do not have direct access to the digital port on the card without processing (MP3 or analog or blah to PCM) taking place. The port is a digital "music" port not a digital "data" port. That is why H/K sells the device. It's device will output a data stream (not PCM) still in MP3 format (like transfering a MP3 file a floppy drive or MP3 player) for the receiver to decode and process. The advantage of this over using your sound card is that, according to HK, the MP3 decoder inside the HK510 is super duper top of the line much better than your sound card. Now maybe you could get a firewire card and then a firewire to digital coax converter and do the same thing. I dunno about that. Laters, ------------------ ...wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world... My Home Theater Page This message has been edited by eq_shadimar on 05-31-2002 at 03:37 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QUiKSR20 Posted May 31, 2002 Author Share Posted May 31, 2002 Thanks EQ I think your right. Im gonna look into the HK DAL150 and see what my options are.. ------------------ Thanks, Daryl Gregg MY Home Theatre Page HK AVR-510 Reciever Sony DVP-NS400D DVD SB-3 Mains SC-1 Center Quintet Rears KSW-12 Sub AR Proseries Interconects R.I.P. Paul W. Klipsch THE LEGEND! 3/9/04 - 5/5/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted May 31, 2002 Share Posted May 31, 2002 ummmm... and the point of that would be? you can find top of the line software decoders for your pc on the net, I'm sure the HK decoder isn't really better. besides, mp3s sound relatively crappy no matter what decoder you use! I know it would take "strain" off of your PC, but when you're listening to mp3s, unless of course you're a graphic artist that likes to work while music is playing, you're probably not going to do anything that's really hardware intensive, like gaming or such. you're going to be browsing the net, typing stuff, chatting... I think any normal pc would handle those tasks without problems on top of decoding the mp3s. why look into something expensive and complicated when you already have a simple method that works fine? just trying to put things into perspective here, just my $0.02 canadian, not worth much I know... ------------------ http://members.fortunecity.com/sebdavid - go laugh at my crappy website/equipment http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mc.asp?alias=Sebdavid - go laugh at my puny little DVD collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QUiKSR20 Posted June 3, 2002 Author Share Posted June 3, 2002 Yeah thats what im figureing now.. Im sure there maybe even a plugin for winamp or somethign that will let you output the pure data stream on its own. I just have yet to find it.. Def not worth $150 for that DAL-150 or however much it is. Thats just my honest opinion. ------------------ Thanks, Daryl Gregg MY Home Theatre Page HK AVR-510 Reciever Sony DVP-NS400D DVD SB-3 Mains SC-1 Center Quintet Rears KSW-12 Sub AR Proseries Interconects R.I.P. Paul W. Klipsch THE LEGEND! 3/9/04 - 5/5/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vavoline Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 eq_shadimar...Hi Neighbor. Been looking at your equipment. Dang, 3 SVS? Man, I bet your neighbors love you. Nice set-up! This message has been edited by Vavoline on 06-04-2002 at 02:15 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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