Geeba Wrote:Yep I have thoughts of messy dongles hanging out the back of the box with no driver support and a long list of code I have absolutely no idea what to do with!
It is not nearly that evil.
With OSX and Linux they have a built in USB sound driver that (when you have compatible hardware) is plug in play. Like you plug it in, set it to that output in XBMC, and the DTS/AC3 plays on your stereo. Easy.
Windows lacks this driver, so you just have to get a box that has DTS and AC3 passthrough built into its driver.
The solution? One of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Labs-SB10...B0017QQQAE
I have had one for a year and I can confirm it passes through DTS and AC3 in all major OSes. Only downside is it is not tiny, but hey it works. You have to sacrifice somewhere....