Originally Posted by evdberg
I guess that 3xSPDIF is not going to work with a PS3. You need a 5.1 analog output to be able to get the I2S signals that go to the DACs.

Having the DACs makes it considerably easier to find the signals but technically you do not need to have the DACs. The HDMI transmitters are fed LPCM over multiple serial data links and it appears to be the same format as is fed to internal DACs in a player. The problem is simply finding those pins on the HDMI transmitters. I have the pinout for the earlier chips but not the later 100 pin (HDMI v1.2 and 1.3) chips.

The PS3 would also add the wrinkle of having no room for the board and potentially no access to the HDMI transmitter to try and find the needed pins while it is running.

Assuming the upcoming Gefen box does what it is said to do one of them modded would be a good match with a PS3, esp. if one also has an Oppo or HD-DVD player which could also be fed to the modded Gefen.

Shawn

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