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How to get 5.1 audio out of AAC-surround-encoded audio
Authored by: Orin on Feb 21, '10 06:56:18AM

WHAT optical port? I have four Intel Macs, including a Mac Mini 800 2.0Ghz and 4GB RAM, 2 iMac 24's, and a MBP 17, but that doesn't give me an optical port anywhere. I have optical ports on my drum machine, my Fast Track Pro, and a few other sundry items, but no optical outputs built into any of my Macs.

Isn't all this based on having an optical port on your Mac?



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How to get 5.1 audio out of AAC-surround-encoded audio
Authored by: mediaphile on Feb 21, '10 02:15:33PM
I know for sure that your Macbook Pro has an optical port. It is a mini-Toslink port. The benefit of mini-Toslink is that it doubles as your headphone port. So if you plug regular headphones into your headphone jack, you get stereo, but if you plug a mini-Toslink cable into the same port, you get optical audio. What you probably want is a cable like this: Monoprice.com - Toslink to Mini Toslink, 6ft.

Not to sound like an advertisement for Monoprice, but I get all my cables from them because, for example, I got that cable for less than three bucks, and it works splendidly.

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How to get 5.1 audio out of AAC-surround-encoded audio
Authored by: Orin on Feb 21, '10 04:34:50PM

Thanks for knowing more than a few Genius', mediaphile. I've already ordered cables and adapters for my attempt to bring life into my studio via SPDIF and the Toslink view of everywhere-sound.

Now, which tracks will I use for the big test... hmmm.

This is a nice entry for me coming into this new-found forum.

Danke.



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