connecting laptop to avr for 5.1 sound

[firearm12]

Guys, please guide how to hook up laptop to an avr to get 5.1 sound. can it be done over hdmi or it will require a 5.1 usb sound card. What's the preferred way. I googled and found that somewhere its written it can be dome via hdmi and somewhere its written hdmi over pc can only support 2 channels. Please guide.

 

[raghupb]

does your AVR show up in
Control Panel --> Sound

If so, click Properties --> Supported formats and check the formats
I know this is a silly question, does the source file have 5.1 encoding?

Cheers,
Raghu

 

[firearm12]

no actually i dont have n avr as of now. What i have is an asus u7 7.1 sound card which is not being used and which i am looking to sell. So trying to find out if it will be of any use or not in future if i get an avr.

 

[elangoas]

Guys, please guide how to hook up laptop to an avr to get 5.1 sound. can it be done over hdmi or it will require a 5.1 usb sound card. What's the preferred way. I googled and found that somewhere its written it can be dome via hdmi and somewhere its written hdmi over pc can only support 2 channels. Please guide.

Yes you can hook up your laptop with HDMI to any AVR with HDMI function... Once you connect, you need to select the speaker icon on your desktop & make the audio settings.

You can also take your laptop to any demo place and check this yourself before you buy your AVR...