Is this possible....???? I have always wanted to do it.

[Cabbs]

Kinda sorta off-topic, but is there any difference in audio quality between SPDIF and optical?

 

[foothead]

Kinda sorta off-topic, but is there any difference in audio quality between SPDIF and optical?

S/PDIF is optical.

Or do you mean the older, coaxial S/PDIF? I can tell the difference, but it might be because of the crappy cable we used to use before the optical one. It picked up interference.

 

[Kage]

It's possible I guess that the Digital to Analog converter could pick up interference from a bad lead, if its really sensitive.

Digital signals, whatever the connection should however be the same

 

[Cabbs]

It is a coaxial cable. My current sound card does not have an optical output port, but the receiver does.

 

[Kage]

There should be no difference in sound quality. Least, not to my knowledge. They both carry digital 0's and 1's

 

[Silent Wolf]

Thanks for the posts so far. I would be using this for dvds, and game disks to, not just audio files, I may buy a cheap dvd drive off ebay and do some testing.

 

[Cabbs]

There should be no difference in sound quality. Least, not to my knowledge. They both carry digital 0's and 1's

Cool, thanks.

 

[winslow33]

Audio in on a sound card sounds awful.

true dat...

 

[Legodude522]

Thanks for the posts so far. I would be using this for dvds, and game disks to, not just audio files, I may buy a cheap dvd drive off ebay and do some testing.

Just image all of your discs to your computer. You can use something like MagicISO, Nero, Alcohol 120% to do that. Then you can use Daemon Tools Lite to mount the images. I buy my games and then image the discs to my PC and lose the disc into the blackhole that my room is.