[Solved] What is the s/pdif in & out cable & how it work for digital surround out

hello,
I AM HRISHI & I HAVE GYGABYTE MOTHER BORD & HAVE S/PDIF OUT PUR BUT THERE IS
A PROBLEM RELATED TO S/PDIF CABLE. I DONT KNOW THIS KIND OF CABLE . HOW IT
WORKS & HOW TO PLUGE IT. BUT IT CONVER ORDINARY SOUND IN TO DOLBY DIGITAL
HOW. HELP ME & WHERE TO PURCHES IT & HOW TO PLUGE IT
TELL ME

S/PDIF is normally for surround sound systems (I believe) as you only need one cable that goes to an amp or sub-woofer, and then that in turn splits the sound up to your 5 or 7 speakers.

If you're just looking to have normal PC speakers, instead of using the S/PDIF port, you should just be using the standard 3.5mm port at the bottom of your motherboard.

SPDIF can carry ONLY three formats:

1: 2.0/2.1 Uncompressed PCM
2: 5.1 Dolby Digital/6.1 Dolby Digital EX
3: 5.1 DTS

You can NOT get surround audio using SPDIF unless the audio you are trying to output is encoded in either Dolby or DTS formats. For most PC audio, audio is NOT in Dolby/DTS format, so you need a realtime encoder, which are typically found in dedicated soundcards.

SPDIF supports two output cables: The older Coax [often found on Home Theatre equipment], and the newer optical standard. Both carry the same audio signals, and most devices now use optical instead of coax.

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