Is it possible to add SP/DIF to a Dreamcast?

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:53 am

I am not sure if I read it right on a hardware forum a couple of years ago. Matt, you are the hardware Know-it-All around here. Is there a way to add a digital audio to a DC? That would make me and my amplifier so very very happy.

Thanks.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:32 am

Digital audio is not supported by the Dreamcast. Unless you were wanting do some sort of external analog convertsion ($$).

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:42 am

Sorry, I meant to say digital audio out. There must be a D/A converter inside of the system, and the trick is catching that part and converting it to SP/DIF. But perhaps is more of a pain than I thought.

black mariah · Post by **black mariah** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:52 am

The only way I could think that it would work would be to intercept the audio signal before it hit the D/A converter at the output, but that would require some really intricate soldering. Even then you're not guaranteed that it would be a usable form. Probably far more effort than it would be worth.