2010-01-13, 21:47
This audio thing is really driving me crazy, and so I'm asking for a little direction.
First off my "haves" I have a newish 720p plasma that I will be using for a while. So 1080p or even 1080i isn't that big of a deal, I have a 7.1(sometimes 7.2) audio system driven by a denon 887 It can process audio via HDMI, s/pdif or multichannel analog in.
My wants are, new htpc that fits on a shelf, runs linux, plays blurays (ripped is fine for now), outputs 8 channel audio, and has no problems with hulu, and can do my encoding.
I already have a case . And I would like to get an AMD Athlon II X4 620 or 630 for encoding speed that thats AMD motherboards. Blu-ray drives are easy, as are hard drives and ram.
But what motherboard? Linux users, please reply with what your using and how your getting your 8 channel audio out.
First off my "haves" I have a newish 720p plasma that I will be using for a while. So 1080p or even 1080i isn't that big of a deal, I have a 7.1(sometimes 7.2) audio system driven by a denon 887 It can process audio via HDMI, s/pdif or multichannel analog in.
My wants are, new htpc that fits on a shelf, runs linux, plays blurays (ripped is fine for now), outputs 8 channel audio, and has no problems with hulu, and can do my encoding.
I already have a case . And I would like to get an AMD Athlon II X4 620 or 630 for encoding speed that thats AMD motherboards. Blu-ray drives are easy, as are hard drives and ram.
But what motherboard? Linux users, please reply with what your using and how your getting your 8 channel audio out.