singopk.blogg.se - february 2023

Looks like OWC cheated out on the hardware. Unfortunately the OWC dock might not work.

I wish I could tell the OS to only use an HDMI connection only for audio output, and ignore trying to send video, but apparently not. I fear any multiport converter would do the same. Windows then get captured in this imaginary additional display. I instantly had 5.1 channel audio, but the OS automatically makes a "display" space for the new A/V connection, even though there is no monitor attached at the end of the chain. Perhaps in a year there will be some simple USB-C solution, but in the meantime it would have been nice for Apple to have kept the optical output available as an option.Īs to what you said about HDMI to optical conversion, I actually trialled using HDMI directly into the receiver, using a USB-C to HDMI adapter. But with a receiver at my knees and 5.1 speakers sitting around me just asking to be used properly, it seems silly not be be able to use them only in analog stereo. For me digital audio quality is a nicety that I feel I should have, not an absolute deal breaker. Not enough not to upgrade from a flagging and dying 2010 MacBook Pro though.

Some magical lightweight Airplay bridge that attaches to receiver via optical or HDMI, which I haven't yet found.

Install Airfoil on the old iPhone to make the iPhone & receiver appear as an Airplay target for audio.

Old iPhone 4S (free) + iPhone HDMI adapter ($39) connected to the reciever, plus some old 30pin USB cable to charge it somehow.

I am not sure if this will appear as an overall audio output device from MacOS.

Chromecast audio connected to optical input of the receiver ($35).

Other new docks don't specify digital audio output. Yes, sure this will work, easy as pie, but it's overkill, overpriced, and I was hoping to otherwise embrace USB-C and avoid more cable and desk clutter. Will 2 or 3 work? Or is there a better solution or adapter I haven't yet found? Here are the best solutions I've yet devised. In the interim I have settled for connecting the receiver via the headphone port for stereo sound (I apparently am one of the few that has used the optical function in previous MacBook Pro's headphone jacks). Although digital audio passes just fine, MacOS automatically creates an extra display for the HDMI connection, although none is attached, creating an extra space where windows can go to die (negative point 2). I attached the receiver via a USB-C to HDMI adapter, which works if I attach it to an extra USB-C port on the opposite side to where the monitor is attached (negative point 1). How best to get digital audio from my 2016 MacBook Pro to my receiver, using minimal $ and cable clutter? Ideally, this would be an adapter that attached to one of the 3 USB-C ports off the back of my 5K LG Thunderbolt 3 monitor, to maintain the clean one cable desk solution, but that USB-C to optical audio adapter doesn't seem to exist.