Well, here is the problem. My new motherboard comes with onboard audio. I'd like to try it and see how good it sounds, but there are only three jacks of course. A Line Out, A Line In, and a microphone. Now I have a FPS 1800 so I need 4 ch audio, well for 4ch audio, the Line in can be a rear out with a few jumper switches, and the microphone can be another line out for 6 ch audio. The problem is, I need Line In and 4ch audio if I want to be able to hear stuff played from my VCR/DVD players, I can see them with my TV card, and I can hear normal cable/sattelite with the digital audio AUX cable, but there is no RCA loop through.
The question is, What is S/PDIF? My onboard audio has a plug for this (both in and out), ASUS makes modules for this, if I buy one of these modules can I plug my RCA plugs into that? Is that what S/PDIF is for or is it something totally different?
Also if anyone has an ASUS board with the C-Media sound, is it possible to re-rout the microphone to be the rear audio out and leave the line in alone, then it would work fine.
If I cant figure all this out, I'm just plugging my SBLive back in and using it.
The question is, What is S/PDIF? My onboard audio has a plug for this (both in and out), ASUS makes modules for this, if I buy one of these modules can I plug my RCA plugs into that? Is that what S/PDIF is for or is it something totally different?
Also if anyone has an ASUS board with the C-Media sound, is it possible to re-rout the microphone to be the rear audio out and leave the line in alone, then it would work fine.
If I cant figure all this out, I'm just plugging my SBLive back in and using it.