http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/ Engadget Comments for Auzen X-Fi HomeTheater 7.1 HDMI sound card does bitstream output from your HTPC http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/Jun 20th 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/Jun 20th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/]]>Jun 20th 2008 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/Question:
Does the video slow down when you use it this way? From video card into sound card and from sound card via HDMI to TV?]]>Jun 20th 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/Jun 20th 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/Jun 20th 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/
It's more or less a passthrough. Video and audio data on HDMI should be using completely different pins on the connection since HDMI is pin compatable with DVI. So basically you would be feeding the video signal into the audio card and it would just be passing the video signal through the output while adding the audio to the pins that handle the audio portion of HDMI. There shouldn't be any processing involved at all.


Additionally, that means any HDCP compliant DVI video card should do just as well. Just get a DVI to HDMI cable to connect to the audio card's passthrough.]]>Jun 20th 2008 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/Jun 20th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/Sadly, most audio mastered for PC (games mainly) consumption gets shattered down to horrible bitrates and quality. At least the daring developers who do put up high quality audio will get some way to transport it!]]>Jun 20th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/i would dare you to try an abx test against a raw track and a VBR V0 mp3 wich is DRAMATICALLY lower in size.. even on a $10,000 system
and tell me if you can here a difference. ]]>Jun 20th 2008 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/]]>Jun 20th 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/developers
developers
developers]]>Jun 20th 2008 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/Jun 20th 2008 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-7-1-hdmi-sound-card-does-bitstream-output/http://www.quuxplayer.com) which works pretty well if you have a wireless gamepad.]]>Aug 7th 2008 9:51PM