Optical cable dilemma i have going on here

[Shinigami187]

So i'm currently shopping for a ultra-wide monitor and I've noticed that the one i'm possibly interested in doesn't have a digital audio out to get audio from my 5.1 surround sound receiver and wanted to know how i could get analog(3.5mm headphone jack) to optical cable(not toslink) for my receiver. Also i'm not audio savy so hopefully i didn't get any terms wrong.

Monitor i'm interested in
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My receiver manual Yamaha HTR-5930
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Audio solution like this would be ideal but beggars can't be choosers lol
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[twelfthmonkey59]

What are you trying to do exactly? What are you hooking up to your monitor?

 

[Shinigami187]

What are you trying to do exactly? What are you hooking up to your monitor?

So basically if i do buy that monitor, i want to have a way to use the optical cable that i have and hook it up to that monitor to get 5.1 surround sound audio. Hope that makes sense.

 

[smashjohn]

You don't need to run audio through your monitor. This might just be complicating things. You can use a card like this: https/sewelldirect.com/sewell-51-dtsdolby-digital-to-analog-converter-35mm-output

It's basically an external sound card with 5.1 outputs.

 

[Shinigami187]

You don't need to run audio through your monitor. This might just be complicating things. You can use a card like this: https/sewelldirect.com/sewell-51-dtsdolby-digital-to-analog-converter-35mm-output

It's basically an external sound card with 5.1 outputs.

i actually found this by accident but wouldn't a sound card with optical out solve my issue or something similar? Since most of the time, i'd be watching movies or shows on my pc so having a direct connection would solve this issue. Right?

UPDATE: i connected my optical cable directly to my motherboard and it works .

 

[smashjohn]

that'll work. But you're probably only pushing stereo sound through the motherboards optical; not 5.1

 

[americanaudiophile]

Any optical audio out should handle compressed 5.1 fine. It won't handle lossless audio codecs like Dolby TrueHD. Only HDMI carries that,