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Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 17, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: > > Macs from the last decade or so have had their headphone jack also be an > optical audio out as well. I'm not sure when they started putting them on all > the models but I know the MacPro tower machines from 2003 had optical outs. > Anyway, you'll need a mini-TOSLink cable to fit the headphone jack connector > and then the usual square optical connector on the other end goes to whatever > receiver is driving your 5.1 speaker system. Here is an example of the cable > needed for $3: > > http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=102&cp_id=10229&cs_id=1022902&p_id=1557&seq=1&format=2 > > I have this on my MacMini at home and the family uses it for watching DVDs > and such with all the sound goodness. > > CB > >> On 12/17/13 1:29 PM, Bill Holton wrote: >> Hi. >> I am not sure if the USB sound card I have supports an optical in. What >> would the jack look like? And which mini port would I use? That certainly >> would make it more responsive, I would imagine. Thanks. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch >> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 12:10 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Need help with VM Fusion and sound devices >> >> VMWare is a layer on top of the MacOS so as much as possible they try to >> recycle what OSX already does. So the Windows network is just piped >> through whatever your Mac is using and apparently the same thing for >> sound. My comment was referring to using the built-in optical connector >> to send 5.1 sound to your receiver rather than some kind of USB thingie. >> >> CB >> >>> On 12/17/13 9:06 AM, Bill Holton wrote: >>> Hi. >>> I wound up speaking to someone at VM tech support, who told me it can't be >>> done with the configuration I have. I am running a boot camp partition, >>> and have VM grabbing that. Ironically, however, as soon as I finished the >>> call and rebooted my system, it started working just like I want it to. >>> The USB sound card still shows disabled in the VM menus. I am told that >>> my sound isn't using it through Windows, it is sending the sound back to my >>> Mac and using the Mac's sound. I do not understand this fully, but hey, >>> it's working. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch >>> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 5:15 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Need help with VM Fusion and sound devices >>> >>> If you are connecting your Mac Mini to a 5.1 surround sound system, can >>> you just plug it in directly and skip the USB sound card stuff? Simpler >>> might make it work better. >>> >>> CB >>> >>>> On 12/7/13 2:14 PM, Bill Holton wrote: >>>> Hi. >>>> I have installed my Bootcamp partion as a VM machine. I have done this on >>>> a Mac Mini, and I have not only the Mini's internal speakers, but also a >>>> USB sound card attached to 5.1 speakers set. My Windows partition only >>>> speaks in the Mini speaker, the Mac through the USB. If I go to the >>>> devices tab and enable the USB sound card, this reverses, Windows uses the >>>> 5.1 and the Mac uses the mini speakers. I suspect there is something I >>>> need to do in the sharing option, but since this is a USB sound card I am >>>> not preciesly sure how to go about this. Any help appreciated. >>>> Bill > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
