2008-03-06, 02:39
Can anyone out there really explain all this to me? I've been reading and reading for hours now and i'm even more confused than I started. My head feels like its going to explode.
There are audio encoding options when making Xvid files like AC3 which is huge and contains all channel data, then there is your standard stereo mp3 files which contain only 2 channels. Then I read about how you can compress AC3 to MP3 in such a way that the multichannel data is encoded, and can be decoded by a Dolby Pro Logic 2 capable receiver. Ok I think I get all that.
Then there are connections between the Xbox and the Receiver. You have your standard stereo RCA cables, and you have your digital optical connections.
Then in XBMC you seem to have the choice of Digital or Analog audio output.
I'm so confused, but what i'm really trying to find out is this:
Is it possible to have my Xbox hooked up to a Dolby Pro Logic 2 receiver with stereo cables, and encode my audio into mp3 using the aforementioned method that encodes the multiple channels into something DPL2 can decode, and then set it up somehow in xbmc so that the signal gets sent properly to my receiver where my receiver will decode the multichannel data and give me surround sound.
The reason i'm trying to figure this out now is i'm about to re-rip and encode ALL my DVDs because I recently found out I screwed them up and you can't seek through them. Unfortunately unless I buy new cables, which I don't want to spend the money on, I have only the stereo output cables, not optical.
My understanding of things is this is possible at least on some level, but not sure if its possible with XBMC.
Of course this may not even all make any sense to anyone, as it certainly has me confused. I need a dummies guide to this all!
There are audio encoding options when making Xvid files like AC3 which is huge and contains all channel data, then there is your standard stereo mp3 files which contain only 2 channels. Then I read about how you can compress AC3 to MP3 in such a way that the multichannel data is encoded, and can be decoded by a Dolby Pro Logic 2 capable receiver. Ok I think I get all that.
Then there are connections between the Xbox and the Receiver. You have your standard stereo RCA cables, and you have your digital optical connections.
Then in XBMC you seem to have the choice of Digital or Analog audio output.
I'm so confused, but what i'm really trying to find out is this:
Is it possible to have my Xbox hooked up to a Dolby Pro Logic 2 receiver with stereo cables, and encode my audio into mp3 using the aforementioned method that encodes the multiple channels into something DPL2 can decode, and then set it up somehow in xbmc so that the signal gets sent properly to my receiver where my receiver will decode the multichannel data and give me surround sound.
The reason i'm trying to figure this out now is i'm about to re-rip and encode ALL my DVDs because I recently found out I screwed them up and you can't seek through them. Unfortunately unless I buy new cables, which I don't want to spend the money on, I have only the stereo output cables, not optical.
My understanding of things is this is possible at least on some level, but not sure if its possible with XBMC.
Of course this may not even all make any sense to anyone, as it certainly has me confused. I need a dummies guide to this all!