Use SPDIF Out as SPDIF In?

[Mephastophilis]

Hi,
I wish to pass audio from a Playstation 3 into the PC for playback through the PC's set up.

I have already achieved this through AV cables (converting the audio to a 3.5mm jack in the Line-In). This has noise on the line from what it seems like the CPU or adjoining hardware (noisier when busier).

Is it possible for me to change the purpose of the PC SPDIF port to listen instead of output? Couldn't find any reference to this in searching the web, or in the various pieces of sound software that come with the cards.

Many thanks for any expertise offered.

 

[Pinhedd]

Nope. Some PCs have an S/PDIF in but it's entirely useless.

 

[dextermat]

+1 pinhedd, and they work as a b**hole, only an exit 😛

 

[Mephastophilis]

Thanks both. AV cable it is.

 

[mesab66]

Do you have a dedicated speaker set for your PC? If yes then can you connect directly to these - bypassing the need for the PC to be powered on?


If you are connecting to the PC you might need to adjust the input gain for the line-in signal (within Windows) being used. If set too low, compensating for this on the speaker end will result in amplified background noise.

Are your audio leads reasonable quality? - cheap ones will degrade audio.

Do you have fluorescent lights and/or dimmer switches? they are well known to affect analogue audio. Try switching off all lighting in the room then recheck audio quality.

If the analogue source is good quality then there is no reason why you can't get good quality audio from the speaker. You are better limiting AD/DA conversions and plugging directly into a good speaker set.

 

[Mephastophilis]

Do you have a dedicated speaker set for your PC? If yes then can you connect directly to these - bypassing the need for the PC to be powered on?


If you are connecting to the PC you might need to adjust the input gain for the line-in signal being used. If set too low, compensating for this on the speaker end will result in amplified background noise.

Are your audio leads reasonable quality? - cheap ones will degrade audio.

Do you have fluorescent lights and/or dimmer switches? they are well known to affect analogue audio. Try switching off all lighting in the room then recheck audio quality.

No, using my gaming headset and trying to create a unified solution. Dont mind the PC being on, agree it would be better without but willing to accept this cost.
Probably not amazing quality. Standard AV cable for PS3, + cheap adapter from Amazon. This is all fine though, its picking up certain frequency noises from the PC rather than static, white noise from lights.
Having said this... I'm running it now and there's no noise so perhaps I've fixed it by establishing the connections.
Thanks for your response though, I'll mark this as solved and accept I've done what I can