Friends, i have few questions about hdmi cable.
My friend is trying to get analog audio out of his soundbar, which has only hdmi out.
Is this enough? Hdmi to rca. However, it has bad reviews as its mostly not working right.
This is just cable, no power. Does that mean hdmi cable has analog audio signals already there (like white and red cable) or is it digital audio? Like for multichannel dolby? Or both?
Can i just cut one end of hdmi cable, find those analog left and right wires and solder rca there? Not trying to save few bucks, he can just order the hdmi to rca cable.
My friend is trying to get analog audio out of his soundbar, which has only hdmi out.
Is this enough? Hdmi to rca. However, it has bad reviews as its mostly not working right.
This is just cable, no power. Does that mean hdmi cable has analog audio signals already there (like white and red cable) or is it digital audio? Like for multichannel dolby? Or both?
Can i just cut one end of hdmi cable, find those analog left and right wires and solder rca there? Not trying to save few bucks, he can just order the hdmi to rca cable.
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The thing about soundbars is that they don't normally have a line out. So if the sound bar is the source of the audio, then it's best to look elsewhere.
If by some chance the HDMI on the soundbar is an output, it's unlikely to output audio, but if it did you would need the hdmi audio extractor. HDMI encodes the audio with the video frames so there's no physical wire you can pull from.
If by some chance the HDMI on the soundbar is an output, it's unlikely to output audio, but if it did you would need the hdmi audio extractor. HDMI encodes the audio with the video frames so there's no physical wire you can pull from.
Thanks for replies. Understood.
How is the cable in first post supposed to work then? I do not understand that.
How is the cable in first post supposed to work then? I do not understand that.
I had to buy a little converter box to do this for my Google Chrome dongle which only had HDMI plug. The converter was about four dollars and does not sound too terrible. Problem is that it needs 5V as well as all the other 5V stuff hanging on the same mains distributer box and more wires. Besides the TV probably has a better DAC in it than this little box, why not just connect the headphone out from the TV.
Sorry, I meant to add that all HDMI sockets do not have power included in them, that is why the cable connectors don't work when plugged into the back of the TV. I seen this on a few TVs made in the East, they will cut every corner to slice price.
There are 3 outs, 2 x RCA for audio and composite video. As well as an HDMI through connection if you need to place it in line.
There are 3 outs, 2 x RCA for audio and composite video. As well as an HDMI through connection if you need to place it in line.
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Then he has to buy a powered converter. Sorry. Just google HDMI to RCA and choose a box, not the cable type.
He is good friend of mine, and i want to help him, but i am frustrated to explain that his sound is limited by the cheap chinese junk his wife purchased.
He was at my place and seen and heard my set up, now he is not happy.
I never liked soundbars, i looked inside his...its a sleak metal case, maybe 3" tall. But inside were plastic inserts as enclosures, even tinier, with tiniest speakers i have seen, no more like 2".
Plus his whole system is ultracomplicated with wireless, internet, apple tv, all that crap. Soundbar is bluetooth connected to tv, plus wireless sub. It cant get anymore complicated. Wait, it can. Its all mounted on the wall with wires going behind the drywall, as not to see them. So you cant even plug or unplug something. Not to mention five remotes for who knows what.
Call me old fashioned, but all this overcomplicated crap is not helping.
He was at my place and seen and heard my set up, now he is not happy.
I never liked soundbars, i looked inside his...its a sleak metal case, maybe 3" tall. But inside were plastic inserts as enclosures, even tinier, with tiniest speakers i have seen, no more like 2".
Plus his whole system is ultracomplicated with wireless, internet, apple tv, all that crap. Soundbar is bluetooth connected to tv, plus wireless sub. It cant get anymore complicated. Wait, it can. Its all mounted on the wall with wires going behind the drywall, as not to see them. So you cant even plug or unplug something. Not to mention five remotes for who knows what.
Call me old fashioned, but all this overcomplicated crap is not helping.
Well the problem is solved by not making a suggestion else his wife is just going to start bitching that you can touch the dry wall. Nothing is easy and getting too involved only gets you into trouble.
Is there naything that can CAST TO, some TVs can any maybe connect it via the air to his iPOD then connect that into his hi-fi. I am not kidding after your good advice something is not going to work as expected and you will get it in the neck. Good luck.
If the intention is to just route the audio from the TV to a headphone; There often is a optical digital audio output and/or an analog RCA audio output on the TV itself. Disadvantage, directing the audio towards these outputs often requires wandering through several setting menu's on the TV every time you want to change it. While connecting from the optical digital audio out to a suitable DAC/headphone amp, I achieved good results with recent TV's, from both LG and Samsung.
Best solution of all; a man cave or a house for yourself alone.
Those optical outputs often have no volume control. Whether that is a problem depends on your friend's equipment.
Your friend could buy a separate Bluetooth receiver. That could work reasonably well if the TV and the Bluetooth receiver support Apt-X or Apt-X LL. If the TV has an optical digital output, its sound quality should be better, though (as that avoids Apt-X coding artefacts)
Your friend could buy a separate Bluetooth receiver. That could work reasonably well if the TV and the Bluetooth receiver support Apt-X or Apt-X LL. If the TV has an optical digital output, its sound quality should be better, though (as that avoids Apt-X coding artefacts)
A digital output with amplitude attenuation will limit the signal resolution, so controlling the volume in the analog circuit will give better quality.
True if the DAC has headroom for intersample overshoots or the programme has no intersample overshoots, but it may be inconvenient. You may not be able to control the volume or mute the sound with the remote control you use to control the television.
Hey ADASON, you think that there may be any other conceivable problems with getting audio from your friends TV is possible. It looks like you must just ditch the idea, nothing audiophile for him here. 😢 Only negative crap. I did not see you mention anything with DAC with headroom, intersample overshoots, amplitude attenuation, or coding artefacts - would your friend even know what a terrible dilemma he is in?
Always appreciating your valuable input Marcel. My understanding is that to attenuate the amplitude of a digital signal by 75% you have to trow out 2 MSB, effectively turning 16 bit into 14 bit. But there seems to be more to it. Using the digital audio output in mentioned case would indeed require a DAC/headphone amp with remote or app control. Yet I am pleased with the results I get this way, now and then I stumble on a video that I subjectively value as having the same audio quality as the better stuff TIDAL trows at me.