I took some pictures of this plug:
Link to Folder:
http://www.skybuck.org/BlackPlugInOpticalSPDIF/
Link to Pictures (approx 3 megabyte per picture):
http://www.skybuck.org/BlackPlugInOp...riction 1.JPG
http://www.skybuck.org/BlackPlugInOp...riction 2.JPG
http://www.skybuck.org/BlackPlugInOp...riction 3.JPG
http://www.skybuck.org/BlackPlugInOp...riction 4.JPG
Black Plug in Optical SPDIF Port on winfast motherboard video:
https://youtu.be/PtpHfDAXNjk
Creative X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 Analog vs Realtek Audio 97 optical spdif:
So far I think I prefer the analog sound, it sounds a little bit more smooth... but the optical is probably slightly better for recgonizing vocals... at least this was my experience when I tested it via hdmi on laptop, which had a different audio chip I think, not sure though.
However perhaps the realtek 97 audio chip is of lesser quality... I also recgonized some plopping during switching between audio solutions but that might be normal... so far it does seem to play smooth... but it does require on cpu processing I think so I would not be surprised if during gaming there was more crackling... though I will not be using spdif optical for gaming mostly... cause it cannot do 7.1 for now... only 2 channels available for now but I might experiment with codecs or newer realtek drivers.
Let me know any thoughts you have on experimenting with newer codecs and such... I've heard about spdif pass through and all kinds of things not yet sure about that... but it feels cool to get this fiber optic/red light connection working ! =D So me very happy about that !
=D
And it does prove this is not scam-tech it does really work ! LOL.
Writing this is I wait for the youtube upload =D
I will test optical/spdif and upmixing and 7ch stereo with warcraft frozen throne... I was impressed but it back then when I played it on toshiba laptop... not yet sure if it was the audio chip or simply the receiver causing the perceived better sound quality but soon new gaming/experiment might shine some light on that
Ok analog vs video link should be:
https://youtu.be/oT2wB8PqVtc
Still uploading but this means I can leave you for now and finish this posting !
=D
Enjoy ! =D
Bye,
Skybuck =D