Re: Outputting multichannel sound through the optical link??
Re: Outputting multichannel sound through the optical link??
- Subject: Re: Outputting multichannel sound through the optical link??
- From: "Simon Thorpe" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:00:59 +0100
- Importance: Normal
>>
>> So, it really does look like the only people can use an HDMI
>> interface to
>> output multichannel information are those with the latest iMacs.
>> Shame...
>>
>> Apple - Please can you do something to fix this limitation?
>
> You need to read through the previous comments, I'm not going to
> reiterate them.
>
>> HDMI based
>> audio communication is the future. I'm sure it's not beyond Apple's
>> engineers to come up with a MiniDisplay+USB -> HMDI that does it
>> properly....(or someone else?)
>
> seems like whoever manufactured the current interface needs to hear
> back from users that it is not quite there yet.
>
> Bill
Bill,
I'm pretty sure that there is nothing that can be done by Apple to get the
Monoprice connector to work with multichannel. There's nothing in
CoreAudio which can make the chips in the connector behave differently.
Looks like Monoprice have used a standard USB Audio Device with no
modification - as the Audio Midi Setup reports. It's very much the same
thing that I get if I connect any one of a very large number of lowcost
USB audio devices like headphones etc.
I will certainly write to Monoprice to ask them to consider doing a better
job (which would probably involved changing the firmware associated with
the USB chip that they have).
No, my suggestion for Apple is nothing to do with software and CoreAudio.
Rather, I would really like them to design a decent MiniDiplay+USB-> HDMI
connector. They already make MiniDisplay -> DVI connectors
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB570Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MTA4MzU1NTE#overview.
Indeed, I've got one that even has MiniDisplay and USB (although this
appears to have been discontinued).
Sure, Apple could just hope that someone like Griffin or Monoprice will do
it for them, but if they are serious about pushing the HDMI connector
option for multichannel sound, then I really don't see why selling an
Apple product would be such a problem.
Simon
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