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media:digital [2024/01/29 16:17] Bernard Condraumedia:digital [2024/01/29 16:27] (current) – [Connection diagram] Bernard Condrau
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 With this setup you can record video and 5.1 or 7.1 audio at the same time.  With this setup you can record video and 5.1 or 7.1 audio at the same time. 
  
-Approximate cost of equipment: +==== Cost of gear ==== 
-  * Android TV streaming box70 USD +  * Media Player100 USD 
-  * Disc Player: 1000 USD (you need to find a premium player or another device with HDMI passthrough and analog surround audio outputs). Instead of a Disc Player you can utilitze any 5.1 pre-amplifier which supports an audio codec currently used by //Netflix//, //Disney+//, //Amazon Prime//, //HBO Go//, etc. If you use a pre-amplifier with variable output volume make sure you adjust the volume so you don't need to post-process amplification to it. +  * Disc Player: 1000 USD (you need to find a premium player or another device with HDMI passthrough and analog surround audio outputs). Instead of a Disc Player you can utilitze any 5.1 pre-amplifier which supports an audio codec currently used by //Netflix//, //Disney+//, //Amazon Prime//, //HBO Go//, etc. If you use a pre-amplifier with variable output volume make sure you adjust the volume so you don't need to post-process amplification to it. Note that not every 5.1 pre-amplifier works, only one which supports the audio codec in the source stream
-  * Multi-channel USB audio interface: 300 USD (with 6 or 8 analog inputs)+  * Multi-channel USB audio interface: 300 USD (with 6 or 8 analog inputs). If you don't have one or do not want to buy one you can record the 6 channels in 3 stereo pairs and then sync the audio with Audacity. 3 stereo pairs means you need to record the stream 3 times, each time you connect a different pair of analog output to the analog stereo input of the Video Capture card (e.g. L/R, C/LFE, SL/SR).
   * Ground Loop Isolators: 30 USD (for 6 channels)   * Ground Loop Isolators: 30 USD (for 6 channels)
   * HDMI to HDMI converter: 30 USD (to remove HDCP)   * HDMI to HDMI converter: 30 USD (to remove HDCP)
-  * TOTAL: less than 1500 USD+  * TOTAL: **1500 USD**
  
 ==== Connection diagram ==== ==== Connection diagram ====
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 Capture"]; Capture"];
 USBaudio["USB Audio"]; USBaudio["USB Audio"];
-Box["Android TV"];+Box["Media Player"];
 Box--HDMI-->NoHDCP; Box--HDMI-->NoHDCP;
-NoHDCP--HDMI-->BDP;+NoHDCP--HDMI-->BDP["Disc Player"];
 BDP--"FL/FR BDP--"FL/FR
 C/SW C/SW
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 __Notes__: __Notes__:
-  * The UDP needs to be set to //Source Direct// to pass through the video to the capture card.+  * The UDP needs to be set to //Source Direct// to pass through the video to the capture card, and the input needs to be set to //HDMI In//.
   * While //Netflix// has a desktop client from which you could separately record 5.1 audio, other streaming clients on Windows do not have this feature.   * While //Netflix// has a desktop client from which you could separately record 5.1 audio, other streaming clients on Windows do not have this feature.