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Nintendo Switch doesn't support Optical Audio out....
- Thread starter hlhbk
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That audio lag doesn't happen with straight hdmi. Its one connection. Lag can happen if you are using one input for video and one for audio. He was saying that you can get lag just by using an hdmi connection on your reciever. That is not correct.
But this isn't worth the argument.
Arkam
Member
Will you be having the chicken or the steak?
The Omega Man
Member
SONY gives options, Nintendo doesn't.
BudokaiMR2
Member
I use optical and have a fairly old TV as well. I was worried about this with the Wii U but in practice Wii U (HDMI) > TV (optical) > 5.1 receiver works fine...
It does suck to have less options but I never expected it for a hybrid console like this.
It does suck to have less options but I never expected it for a hybrid console like this.
No, your very first post deflected his concern as if it were stupid and that he was mad for a completely different reason.
That comes across as jerkish. Any response after that is probably caused by the snarkyness of your initial response.
I agree they should have included optical, as I still see it on 2017 hardware.
Example: The soundbar I just bought that is manufactured in 2016/17 does not have HDMI, but does have optical. I was also surprised my PS4 slim doesn't appear to have it.
Moving on.
Yes, OP...you typically could/can do this.
Is there some reason you can't do this?
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
It's time to buy a new receiver, OP.
Teletraan1
Banned
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1175592
That is a list of all the Wii U games that actually supported 5.1. At the end of the day it really doesn't matter what interface Nintendo uses if developers are just going to output stereo. I sincerely doubt support would get better for something that might be marketed or internally viewed as a handheld depending on who you talk to.
No, your very first post deflected his concern as if it were stupid and that he was mad for a completely different reason.
That comes across as jerkish. Any response after that is probably caused by the snarkyness of your initial response.
I agree they should have included optical, as I still see it on 2017 hardware.
Example: The soundbar I just bought that is manufactured in 2016/17. I was also surprised my PS4 slim doesn't appear to have it.
Moving on.
Yes, OP...you can do this.
Is there some reason you can't do this?
Oh so you are gonna single me out of all the many others just for kicks. Awesome.
That's almost all the big games.
doctorcdcs
Member
Which Sony and Microsoft still believe has value as shown in their current pro and Xbox One S line ups still include a connection for it.
I just don't think it's just that simple when people here to basically tell others "oh just buy a new receiver", considering the price point of the switch and its peripherals isn't exactly its strong suit.
Anyways, it's just another console from Nintendo that I can't hear in 5.1 audio. A shame, because I would love to hear what Zelda sounds like in surround sound. Maybe one day.
Ragnorok64
Member
You are conflating input lag with audio desync. Input lag is present on modern TVs to begin with. Running your signal through another device before running it to the TV can add an extra layer of processing, and thus lag, to the system.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Unfortunately optical can't do uncompressed audio like Dolby Digital True HD and DTS HD.
But even more than that, I have heard that many TV's optical outputs are stereo only.
JimJamJones
Member
test_account
XP-39C²
The port would be added to the docking station. Theres a LAN adapter available for it, for example.
We'll see. How knows, but the PS4 Pro has it and that is less than a year old.
Not everyone uses your setup.
Yes and if you are using hdmi the image and the sound are coming through the same signal at the same time. So how does this affect the sound in any way if it is coming in at the same time as the picture?
They also would have had to license Dolby or DTS to have 5.1 over optical. It's not just the port.
Booker.DeWitt
Member
hum, that makes sense
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I mean, it will get cut from all devices eventually. Whether it's next year or five years from now.
Hopefully no one in this thread is under the illusion that it's an eternally standard port.
FallingSputnik
Member
Well, what else would it use? Unless you mean the HDMI cable should go into the headset receiver, meaning it would need another hdmi cable to go out to the tv. Hdmi cables carry a video/audio signal, while optical cables carry a digital audio signal..
Unknown Soldier
Member
HDMI is now nearly 15 years old. Some of you really need to upgrade your home theater equipment.
In order to transmit 5.1 sound over optical you need to realtime encode to DD5.1 or DTS anyways. In the early days this was commonplace but it's fallen out of favor as HDMI has become the de-facto standard for everything in the past 15 years. I'm not surprised Nintendo doesn't bother with this, the Wii U didn't support it either.
In order to transmit 5.1 sound over optical you need to realtime encode to DD5.1 or DTS anyways. In the early days this was commonplace but it's fallen out of favor as HDMI has become the de-facto standard for everything in the past 15 years. I'm not surprised Nintendo doesn't bother with this, the Wii U didn't support it either.
Ragnorok64
Member
FallingSputnik
Member
This is correct, doing optical out from tv to receiver sounds like an easy fix, except you wont get 5.1, just two channel stereo, fuck that.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
I've always just used the optical passthrough on my TV for devices that don't have their own optical connection. (Also because my receiver only has one optical in port.)
shouamabane
Member
I'm glad none of my money is going towards a legacy port.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Sure, you could have an HDMI output on the headphones into the receiver. Or you could run from an HDMI output on your receiver into the headphones.
It's not like consoles give you an HDMI port and an optical port specifically to help you send audio to two devices. It's merely a quirk of legacy support that they provide both, and that time is running out.
There's nothing wrong with using HDMI just for audio sources. It's not like optical was designed to exist alongside HDMI as an audio-only companion. Optical is much older than HDMI, and HDMI was designed to replace it (and analog video connections too, which it did).
test_account
XP-39C²
True, just wanted to point out that having it would make sense regarding the docking station
Sure, and of course not, but its not something thats completely outdated just yet.
BudokaiMR2
Member
Depends on the TV I guess. My old as hell Bravia does it just fine.
GitarooMan
Member
I don't see this as a huge deal because the Wii U already dropped it, but's it's amazing how people in threads like this constantly say "it's way out of date", "get a new receiver" when high-end gaming headsets sold on shelves today (like Astro A40s and A50s etc) use optical today, yes, in 2017. So there are valid reasons for the port to exist, not just 10 year old receivers.
Garrett Hawke
Member
The Hermit
Member
Yeah wtf!
Vital Tundra
Member
Gotta leave behind older points eventually. You can be upset about it, but you shouldn't expect it in 2017.
-shadow-
Member
Wait... Where's the original Bayonetta? Only 2 is listed.
Rellik
Member
Me. And obviously Sony decided enough people still use it to include it on the PS4 Pro.
Again, it's not an old port. It's still the standard for headsets.
wonderful103
Member
If for some odd reason you're buying an optical headset for hundreds of dollars, you can also afford a 20ish dollar adapter for the multitudes of devices (including modern PCs) that do not support what's considered a legacy port by the market at large.
LOL what even is this?
The standard is shifting towards USB more so. Wouldn't say optical is really a main stay.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
It is technically an old port. I think it debuted alongside Laserdisc?
And I feel like headsets should be using uncompressed audio since we're 11 years after that first dropped.
BRocknRolla
Member
A wasteland. Just like every other Switch thread.
Or they're operating on old receivers that don't support PCM in general. I go from HDMI to my HDMI splitter to an older Bose surround sound system via optical. I get Dolby and DTS 5.1 sound just fine. I don't get PCM however. It sucks.
Some TVs have poor Audio output, like mine. So, I use optical out to output to a DAC/AMP and then to my headphones.
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