DD 5.1 recording

[aoehlke]

hi all.
say we had a legit HDTV version of sage in the near future.
what kind of hardware would let you record the audio so it remains in 5.1 format? everythig i have seen only records in stereo.

[dbfresh23]

That's because everything available at the consumer level (under $4000) is analog. Nothing that I know of at consumer level will record DD. Firewire seems like the best hope for DD and HDTV recording.

[stanger89]

Since OTA cards capture the bitstream you get full DD with OTA HD. But there's no way to capture DD audio unless you're "card" captures the whole A/V bitstream direct (ie you can't record it from an STB output).

[aoehlke]

would love to figure out the pin out then for the "tarnsport stream output" on my bell 6100 receiver (dishnetwork 811).
i see it is a header on the unit motherboard... but no socket there. and no cable... and no understanding of what it is (but one can assume it is for streaming to a HDD if it was PVR).

[stanger89]

It might be BT656.