[mythtv-users] OT: Probably dumb question about digital sound out

[Ryan Steffes]

Digital audio is digital audio, correct? As in the the sound in the source 
defines the number of channels, not the hardware? I'm finally getting the 
stereo I want (I love my wife, best birthday present ever!) with digital in 
and all that, but my computer doesn't have digital out. I've had some 
motherboard wonkiness anyway, so I was considering just replacing the 
motherboard and getting one with digital out and a gigabit ethernet port, 
such as the ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe. The motherboard advertises as "6 Channels" 
which I assume they mean 5.1. My stereo is going to be 7.1, but the digital 
out on the motherboard will do just fine, right? There's not a difference on 
the digital side because it's a straight pass through, correct?
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