Connecting PS3 to soundcard

[moody85]

Hi all. I am interested in getting a ps3. I have a creative x-fi titanium and the Logitech G-51 speakers as part of my pc setup. The G-51's have no optical inputs so Im wondering if I can connect the ps3 to the soundcard via the optical connection and then play on the pc monitor and have the sound coming out the G-51's. I'm guessing I need to buy an optical cable and an HDMI to DVI adapter as my monitor has only DVI ports. Please let me know if this is possible. Thanks.

 

[moody85]

Also would the sound be proper 5.1 surround sound. Thanks.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Have not tried the optical out on my PS3 (as I have no optical input devices) but I cannot see a problem.

Anyway, lucky you with your schweet sound setup.

 

[moody85]

Thanks for the reply, where abouts can I purchase an optical cable from?

 

[Esea]

Here

 

[stevenv]

Thanks for the reply, where abouts can I purchase an optical cable from?

Makro

 

[Toxin]

Hi all. I am interested in getting a ps3. I have a creative x-fi titanium and the Logitech G-51 speakers as part of my pc setup. The G-51's have no optical inputs so Im wondering if I can connect the ps3 to the soundcard via the optical connection and then play on the pc monitor and have the sound coming out the G-51's. I'm guessing I need to buy an optical cable and an HDMI to DVI adapter as my monitor has only DVI ports. Please let me know if this is possible. Thanks.

I use to connect my Xbox to the line-in of my soundcard and the sound played very nicely out of my PC speakers (Z-2300). Now a days I just connect my Xbox/PS3 to my monitor via an HDMI cable and then connect my PC Speakers to the audio out port on my monitor.

Works just as good.

 

[moody85]

Thanks for the input people. My monitor doesnt have HDMI or an audio port so I think to get proper surround sound I need to use the optical cable and then use a DVI to HDMI adapter to get picture on the monitor.