DIY Digital Optical Out Decoder

[ajhawkins]

Anyone tried this, anyone seen any plans... any info much appreciated.

Andy

 

[johan]

Hello there.
What kind of decoder? To decode from what format into what?

 

[Type-E]

I guess he wants raw dvd audio and decode dolby digital or dts

 

[ajhawkins]

PS2

I had wanted to use the Playstation 2 Optical Out , i'm not sure what standards are in place but it functions with audio aswell as dvd. I just wanted something simple, just say stereo out no thx/dts just a simple optical decoder.....

if that makes any sense..

andy

 

[johan]

OK. You want a D/A converter? You need analog audio? I'm not sure what format the playstation outputs. If it is raw audio, i.e. not decoding to stereo or something like that when you play a DVD, then you got only noise at the output. The easiest way is to get a Dolby Digital/DTS amplifier and try.

 

[A'af]

Hi,

I want to buy PS2 console, did you anyone notice the console have a digital output, is this the same digital output in DVD player, Thanks

 

[tiroth]

I believe you are talking about the IEEE1394 port (aka Firewire aka iLink). Very different.

 

[rfbrw]

The PS2 has a user-configurable optical output. You can select plain old stereo PCM as an output. I have in the past recorded to minidisc using it.