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Chrysalis · 28-04-2011, 14:54

Ok here is my situation. To save space, electric and not have to move around much I have my xbox360 sharing my pc monitor with my pc and the sound output goes via my pc to my pc speakers. I also gain from having a sharp image (xbox360 text very hard to read on my CRT SD tv) and better sound output.

This is how I been doing it, I got a new what I think is called AV cable for my xbox360 which has the analogue out adaptor for my monitor (pc uses dvi so both in at same time can just use a button to switch between the feeds), the same cable has 2 analogue outputs for stereo, one for left and one for right, these go into an adaptor which converts them into a single jack connector. This jack plugs into my soundcard via the 'line in'. I hope with me so far. I understand this is a popular setup as various youtube vids and guides on how to do this.

Yesterday I got a new soundcard the asus dx2 xonar, its had rave reviews and seen as a true competitor to the aging x-fi, whilst the x-fi is a great card it has suffered since vista and onwards as creative's weakness is the software and drivers. I get occasional crashing audio and half of the features on the card dont work properly, the software also laggy to use so I got the d2x.

The d2x is improved in that all its features in the software apps work ok and its not laggy, for movies on the pc it sounds awesome as well, music via my headset so far actually in my view is a dissapointment although playing with the various options it gets almost as good as the x-fi. However to the showstopper.

If I plug in the xbox360 to the line in socket on the soundcard and enable the appropriate feature so I hear the live sound on my speakers its all crackly, quiet, lagged and basically sounds like a dodgy radio signal. Bit of research led to this apparently been a known issue which happened to of course not be picked up in any reviews. However apparently the spdif in (digital in) is apparently fine and people use this for their xbox360 sound. The problem been tho unlike the 'line in' method I cannot find a single guide on this other method. I found tidbits of info, I apparently need an optical cable (no link given to one tho) and a adaptor, I think my cable the new AV one already has the socket but I need to check although I dont know what it should look like. I can feel a socket there tho. So if anyone knows how to do specifically what I want I would appreicate a guide thanks, on what to exactly do with the cables (I will handle soundcard configuration myself) and what I need to buy, links if possible.

28-04-2011, 14:54	#1
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,060	xbox360 optical cable to pc Ok here is my situation. To save space, electric and not have to move around much I have my xbox360 sharing my pc monitor with my pc and the sound output goes via my pc to my pc speakers. I also gain from having a sharp image (xbox360 text very hard to read on my CRT SD tv) and better sound output. This is how I been doing it, I got a new what I think is called AV cable for my xbox360 which has the analogue out adaptor for my monitor (pc uses dvi so both in at same time can just use a button to switch between the feeds), the same cable has 2 analogue outputs for stereo, one for left and one for right, these go into an adaptor which converts them into a single jack connector. This jack plugs into my soundcard via the 'line in'. I hope with me so far. I understand this is a popular setup as various youtube vids and guides on how to do this. Yesterday I got a new soundcard the asus dx2 xonar, its had rave reviews and seen as a true competitor to the aging x-fi, whilst the x-fi is a great card it has suffered since vista and onwards as creative's weakness is the software and drivers. I get occasional crashing audio and half of the features on the card dont work properly, the software also laggy to use so I got the d2x. The d2x is improved in that all its features in the software apps work ok and its not laggy, for movies on the pc it sounds awesome as well, music via my headset so far actually in my view is a dissapointment although playing with the various options it gets almost as good as the x-fi. However to the showstopper. If I plug in the xbox360 to the line in socket on the soundcard and enable the appropriate feature so I hear the live sound on my speakers its all crackly, quiet, lagged and basically sounds like a dodgy radio signal. Bit of research led to this apparently been a known issue which happened to of course not be picked up in any reviews. However apparently the spdif in (digital in) is apparently fine and people use this for their xbox360 sound. The problem been tho unlike the 'line in' method I cannot find a single guide on this other method. I found tidbits of info, I apparently need an optical cable (no link given to one tho) and a adaptor, I think my cable the new AV one already has the socket but I need to check although I dont know what it should look like. I can feel a socket there tho. So if anyone knows how to do specifically what I want I would appreicate a guide thanks, on what to exactly do with the cables (I will handle soundcard configuration myself) and what I need to buy, links if possible.