G+_Rud Dog Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Thanks all. In the end turns out my speakers are self powered (Thank you son)so can connect the Audio Extracter as shown adding only a 2:1 hdmi switcher. This just might do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_William L. DeRieux IV Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 The only issue that I can see with that setup is that you lose a lot of audio quality (going from digital to analog) with that setup and if you wanted to play a blue-ray with > 2 ch AC3/DTS audio -- you can't (as all audio 5.1 ch, etc will be down mixed to 2 ch). That could also pose a problem for blue-ray playback in that, the audio extractor, might incorrectly down mix the wrong channels (such that you might have muddy, or missing, vocals). Also if you cannot switch between the 2 (two) inputs on the HDMI splitter you might find it is annoying to have to manually switch them. But, if you don't care about that kind of thing -- then that setup should work just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 William L. DeRieux IV Thank you for you reply. Ordered the extractor and cables for less then 70 dollars if fails to bring through the quality of both, pretty sure it will handle the Tivo OK, then it will be cast to the bedroom flatscreen where only a tivo resides. Will update as soon as the connection is setup.(Have to wait on delivery of the extractor and cables.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Benjamin Webb Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Well lets be honest a receiver does the same thing and converts digital to analog before it amplifies it. Problem is that the DAC on that converter may do a terrible job as they do tend to be cheap. I reserve judgement for your ears though. let me know how this works out and where exactly is the volume controlled? I also hope you get a HDMI switch instead of a splitter. There is a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Benjamin Webb Thanks Ben and BTW what is the major diff switch and splitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Benjamin Webb Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Splitter takes a hdmi input and replicates it to multiple outputs. A switch selects one of the many hdmi inputs and sends the selected input to the output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_William L. DeRieux IV Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Benjamin Webb It looks as though Rud Dog has the splitter direction reversed. He is taking two inputs and replicating them to one output and that would totally depend on this splitter being bi-directional (or nothing more than an HDMI Y-Adapter). My guess is that it's not bi-directional -- there would have to be electronics in it to isolate the two inputs to eliminate interference and to allow HDCP to function. So -- an HDMI switch would be the best option. PS: based on my research (a google search for: 'hdmi 2 to 1 splitter') ... Rud Dog your diagram as written will not function you can only connect one input to two outpus (not the other way around). I would also recommend looking for an hdmi switch that comes with a remote an to avoid auto-switching devices. An auto-switched device will automatically detect when there is a signal on an input and switch to it. If the TIVO is always on you could, in theory, auto-switch between the blu-ray player and the TIVO by turning the blu-ray device on and off -- but that might be annoying (without a remote you wouldn't be able to manually switch between them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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