Digital Out -2- Component/3.5mm

I got a digital TV box which has the follow OUTPUT for audio:

- Component STEREO [ Red & White ]
- Digital Out [ Single Component type plug ]

My PC has a digital S-Video input card so I can watch TV on my PC

However, I got noway of getting the SURROUND SOUND on my speakers


What device/hardware box/card would take in a digital component INPUT?

I dont mind if it's not directly connected to the PC. I just need it for my speaker system. I dont mind if the output is component, as long as I got the rear and front outputs.

actually I have been wondering this too.

I am trying to get Dolby pro logic 2 to work though my Pc.

Check this thread

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=581979

I was thinking

RCA cable (Red White) -> Y Cable -> Line in -> Software Filter -> 5.1 out

I have yet to find a working software filter...

doing a little more research found some interesting stuff

http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=14222

And also another Idea

Use winamp as a passthru device.
1) download winamp
2) download ac3filter winamp plugin
3) then http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64973

which lets you select line in.

I haven't tried this yet...

you need a S/PDIF INPUT on your motherboard or sound card that can do input, most can take input and output.

or you use the red/white and split it into a headphone hack adapter and plug it into your LINE IN on your sound card.

this only works though if you have a hardware Dolby decoder as part of the sound card or driver. If you have neither like me you have to find another Dolby Decoder such as AC3 and find a way to make it pass thru the filter. I was just thinking about the winamp method and realized there is a huge delay because of the winamp kernel buffer. the only way that seems viable right now is still via ffdshow filtering while having a video editing software open such as virtual dub

if your using S/PDIF out it passes out a raw signal period.

Now yes if you want proper surround sound, your receiver needs to be able to decode it, or if your going out from your sound card to the speakers, you need a sound cards that has a decoder on it as seraph787 said.

I think people didnt understand what I was asking.

Yes I know I need a soundcard or a decoder hardware.

What I'm asking is...

what are the products available?

All I find are OPTICAL SPDIF input
I need COAX digital input

Here's what most Creative cards have as SPDIF INPUT. INCOMPATIBLE WITH MY HARDWARE



Here's what I need as input

There's nothing special about coaxial digital cables, generally, unless the device requires ~75ohm resistance and some have additional shielding that only really matters in long cable runs. You can try to use any RCA cable, though your sound card would have to be able to accept it on the other end, and unless you have a pro-consumer card I doubt yours does.

Here's the box you'd need to convert coax to optical: http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10423&cs_id=1042302&p_id=2947&seq=1&format=2

Oh wow, SO CHEAP!! I didnt know such box existed...

let alone cost so little.

Cool, now all I gotta do is buy a standard SPDIF card input.