Spdif to a lap top

miky montella · 17th May 2011, 04:54 PM

hi...

i have a spdif coming out from my Xbox and i need to plug it to my laptop but my doesn't have the spdif port...

is there any thing that i can do to get the sound from my xbox to my laptop!!?

Mooly · 17th May 2011, 06:31 PM

Maybe,
Spdif into USB interface?

miky montella · 17th May 2011, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mooly

Maybe,
Spdif into USB interface?

i didn't understand any thing out of that thread...

is it a chip or what!!?

Mooly · 18th May 2011, 07:45 AM

Its a chip,
http://www.datasheetcatalog.org/data...ts/pcm2906.pdf

have you tried a google search for "SPDIF to USB" etc.... I'm sure there must be something.

Good luck

miky montella · 18th May 2011, 09:08 AM

are you sure that the chip will work!!?

also i found nothing in google

Mooly · 18th May 2011, 11:33 AM

I'm sure it will work as outlined in the data sheet applications... if that covers what you want it to do.
I was just trying to point you toward possible ideas etc.

Something like a cheap Mini Disc recorder has SPDIF in, usually optical but some have optical and electrical, and of course analogue out. Would anything like that do ? The analogue out could be fed to a USB convertor/soundcard etc.

miky montella · 18th May 2011, 11:36 AM

can i get it from amazon!!?

Mooly · 18th May 2011, 01:10 PM

Get what !
Minidisc ? The chip ?, USB convertor.

Minidisc is pretty much an outdated if brilliant and versatile format so probably Ebay for a recorder although some Sony portables I think still appear as new stock/models.

miky montella · 18th May 2011, 01:12 PM

the chip!!!??

also would the minidisc do the trick!!?

Mooly · 18th May 2011, 04:42 PM

I use Minidisc and as far as I know they all have at least an optical input, and some both optical and electrical. Mine is the Sony MDS-JE480.
If your Xbox outputs a standard SPDIF data audio stream then the Minidisc is simply used as a DAC to output L and R audio from it. You press record on the front (doesn't need a disc in) and you get the decoded L and R audio.

The chip would have to come from a component supplier but you just asking that suggests you don't realise the work involved... you would have to build it all yourself, make the PCB's and obtain all the other parts too... and on the DIY scale it's a major project due to being surface mount technology.

17th May 2011, 04:54 PM	#1
miky montella diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2011	Spdif to a lap top hi... i have a spdif coming out from my Xbox and i need to plug it to my laptop but my doesn't have the spdif port... is there any thing that i can do to get the sound from my xbox to my laptop!!?

17th May 2011, 06:31 PM	#2
Mooly diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2007	Maybe, Spdif into USB interface? __________________ ------------------------------------------------------- *A simulation free zone.* *Design it, build it, test it.*

18th May 2011, 07:45 AM	#4
Mooly diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2007	Its a chip, http://www.datasheetcatalog.org/data...ts/pcm2906.pdf have you tried a google search for "SPDIF to USB" etc.... I'm sure there must be something. Good luck __________________ ------------------------------------------------------- *A simulation free zone.* *Design it, build it, test it.*

18th May 2011, 11:33 AM	#6
Mooly diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2007	I'm sure it will work as outlined in the data sheet applications... if that covers what you want it to do. I was just trying to point you toward possible ideas etc. Something like a cheap Mini Disc recorder has SPDIF in, usually optical but some have optical and electrical, and of course analogue out. Would anything like that do ? The analogue out could be fed to a USB convertor/soundcard etc. __________________ ------------------------------------------------------- *A simulation free zone.* *Design it, build it, test it.*

18th May 2011, 01:10 PM	#8
Mooly diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2007	Get what ! Minidisc ? The chip ?, USB convertor. Minidisc is pretty much an outdated if brilliant and versatile format so probably Ebay for a recorder although some Sony portables I think still appear as new stock/models. __________________ ------------------------------------------------------- *A simulation free zone.* *Design it, build it, test it.*


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18th May 2011, 09:08 AM	#5
miky montella diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2011	are you sure that the chip will work!!? also i found nothing in google

18th May 2011, 11:36 AM	#7
miky montella diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2011	can i get it from amazon!!?

18th May 2011, 01:12 PM	#9
miky montella diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2011	the chip!!!?? also would the minidisc do the trick!!?

18th May 2011, 04:42 PM	#10
Mooly diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2007	I use Minidisc and as far as I know they all have at least an optical input, and some both optical and electrical. Mine is the Sony MDS-JE480. If your Xbox outputs a standard SPDIF data audio stream then the Minidisc is simply used as a DAC to output L and R audio from it. You press record on the front (doesn't need a disc in) and you get the decoded L and R audio. The chip would have to come from a component supplier but you just asking that suggests you don't realise the work involved... you would have to build it all yourself, make the PCB's and obtain all the other parts too... and on the DIY scale it's a major project due to being surface mount technology. __________________ ------------------------------------------------------- *A simulation free zone.* *Design it, build it, test it.*

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