Home Theatre PC as A/V processor: possible?

[Mr.C]

Hi All,

 

I'm wondering if anyone knows how I can take 5.1 (or other multichannel) audio from a DVD, decode the multichannel audio, and send it to something like the Apogee Rosetta, DA-16x, or a series of stereo dacs. Basically, I want to remove the A/V processor from a home theatre setup and replace it with a PC and some dacs. The chain would be like having a computer instead of a blueray or dvd player that outputted a multichannel analog signal to preamp to poweramp etc. I know that some soundcards can decode Dolby Digital and do multichannel, but I think they send the signal to their analog outputs directly. I need a digital output of all the channels to better dacs, then to a preamp. All comments are appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Cavan

 

[PeterSt]

Hi Cavan,

 

You can do this with TheaterTek DVD and the Advanced Audio Pack.

Although there will be more these days, I use the RME Fireface800 (the 400 will do it too, but watch for the number of output channels