Yes you do still get the surround....  Its encoded on the cable somehow.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, 10 May 2005 11:02 a.m.
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: OT Digital audio cables



On Tue, 10 May 2005 10:59:00 +1200
Craig FALCONER wrote:

> The optical cable will be fibre, and hence more expensive.
> 
> If its just a matter of convenience, then hook tbe linux box onto a 
> regular line-in.  It'll be just as good, given that the sound card is 
> in an RF rich case anyway...

But then I would not get surround sound from all those downloaded divx's
with ac3 soundtracks.

-- 
Nick Rout

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