Surround sound

JohnSayce · #1 02-21-2006, 10:18 AM

Is is possible for sage to record surround sound from an external device? So say the spdif output of a sky box went to an spdif input on my sage box could sage record this? And err how?

stanger89 · #2 02-21-2006, 10:53 AM

No there's no hardware to record S/PDIF. No supported HW at least.

JohnSayce · #3 02-21-2006, 10:58 AM

Aaaaah ok. Does any other software support it?

If I used a hdtv card to record would that capture surround sound?

dbfresh23 · #4 02-21-2006, 11:04 AM

May be able to rig it to have Windows Movie Maker record the audio via spdif while SageTV is recording via the Tuner - then strip the audio from the MPEG and add the audio from Movie Maker, seems like too much work though...

JohnSayce · #5 02-21-2006, 11:09 AM

Just trying to find out how feasable things are.

dbfresh23 · #6 02-21-2006, 11:13 AM

Why not just get a sound card that re-encodes audio w/ DDLive?

malore · #7 02-21-2006, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnSayce

If I used a hdtv card to record would that capture surround sound?

The over the air HD capture cards save the broadcast including 5.1 surround sound to file without re-encoding.

Jesse · #8 02-21-2006, 11:25 AM

Hi,

Not really what you want to hear, but most "Home Theater" receivers will give you some sort of virtual surround from a stereo signal. On my Denon receiver I use "DTS Neo6" when listening to sage recordings. Not the same as DD5.1 but after a while you do not notice a whole lot of difference and it beats the heck out of two channel stereo.

Jesse

stanger89 · #9 02-21-2006, 12:03 PM

Sage will record surround in Dolby Pro Logic form, so with a receiver with DPL IIx or similar you will get surround, just not discrete 5.1 surround.

It's basically a hardware limitation.

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