dvd audio cable

**steppenwolf** · July 28th, 2003, 10:10 PM

does it matter which way it goes into dvd or cdrom and motherboard?

**steppenwolf** · July 28th, 2003, 11:25 PM

i wonder if i have the right cable.. it has three wires red black and white,, i wonder if i need a 4 wire cable

**LotusAstra** · July 29th, 2003, 12:19 AM

Yup, it does matter what way u plug it in, u will notice the plug has corners missing on one edge correspong with the socket, thus they should only go in one way... if it were put in the wrong way u'd have reversed stereo and a deformed plug/socket.

...and yup your cable should work fine.

But... do u really need those cables? They're an old method of getting sound from an Audio CD to the Sound Card the analog way...

Most CD Drives are capable of DAE (digital audio extraction) so all u need is the right program and those cables are not needed for anything. U'll get better digital quality and save a bit of clutter in the PC case

**steppenwolf** · July 29th, 2003, 01:18 AM

there are no missing corners

all 90 degree angles

**LotusAstra** · July 29th, 2003, 01:38 AM

ahhh, i think the CD-ROM drive i looked at must be really old, opps

Just found some cables and the design of recent ones are different, but same principles apply in that it only goes one way, just this time there's lugs and a clip to hold it, rather than missing corners.

BTW: there are digital cables too that can connect between the CD-ROM and some sound cards, but its easier to use DAE IMO as i said above.

**Calpitor** · July 29th, 2003, 01:53 AM

The Audio cable shouldn't be necessary as the sound from your DVD\CD drive will be channelled through the IDE cable

**steppenwolf** · July 29th, 2003, 01:58 AM

well thanks but why is the sound so low i can hardly hear it?

i think i need the audio line

the guy at shop said it doesnt matter which way it goes

**LotusAstra** · July 29th, 2003, 02:10 AM

It doesn't matter which end of the cable goes where if that's what u mean, both ends are the same. But orientation of the plug must be correct.

A few questions... What are u trying to play (a CD i assume) and what program are u using to play it, it may help to know OS too?

Its probably just a setting somewhere, those cables arn't usually needed... tell us more and we may have an answer

**Philgo** · July 29th, 2003, 02:17 AM

Some of those cables have little clips on one side, these ensure that they only go in one way. If they haven't got a clip then they will go in either way but if you get it wrong then the speakers are reversed. The correct way is to have the white wire on the right and the red on the left when looking at the socket.

Red [ ] White

But has everyone else has already said, they are probably redundant now.

**LotusAstra** · July 29th, 2003, 02:36 AM

Hi Philgo, I've not seen the plugs that go in any way (where have i been

), all mine (now useless to me) have some kinda way to insure correct orientation...

But even so, whatever type is used u'll ideally want it in the right way for reasons allready mentioned... U can also double check its in right by moving the balance on the PC to check it corresponds with the speakers.

**Philgo** · July 29th, 2003, 03:20 AM

Hi LotusAstra, it seems to be the newer ones that are like that, probably cheaper to make. Not sure why some have 4 wires though.

It's a bit sad that we are messing about with this stuff first thing in the morning though

**steppenwolf** · July 29th, 2003, 08:12 AM

thanks . but to the board how does it go? why dont i need it? it must be for something

**Philgo** · July 29th, 2003, 10:56 AM

On the board there is a cut out on the outside edge of the socket, that's the top.

**steppenwolf** · July 29th, 2003, 12:50 PM

thanks but i know nothing of such software ,, i have the cable and i think it will improve sound is all,, its very low right now

Originally posted by LotusAstra
Yup, it does matter what way u plug it in, u will notice the plug has corners missing on one edge correspong with the socket, thus they should only go in one way... if it were put in the wrong way u'd have reversed stereo and a deformed plug/socket.

...and yup your cable should work fine.

But... do u really need those cables? They're an old method of getting sound from an Audio CD to the Sound Card the analog way...

Most CD Drives are capable of DAE (digital audio extraction) so all u need is the right program and those cables are not needed for anything. U'll get better digital quality and save a bit of clutter in the PC case

**LotusAstra** · July 29th, 2003, 01:35 PM

Just so we can clarify a few things, like i asked above... What are u trying to play (a CD i assume) and what program are u using to play it, it may help to know OS (version of windows) too?

Most versions of "Windows Media Player" do support digital playback (without using those cables), give it a try... There are ofcourse other programs that do also... but u may need to select the correct options before it will do it... if we know what u'r using we can probably tell you how to get it working or suggest what u may need.

why dont i need it? it must be for something

Many years ago using those cables were the only possible way to get sound from CD's to play on a PC, so, thats why they were designed... You could happily connect it up and use those cables still nowadays, it will do its job, but its old technology now and not as good IMO as using the digital connection now provided by the IDE cables.

Were talking about playing CD's, right? Given the choice between digital and analog, i choose digital every time... a CD is digital, so it makes more sence to pass it through the PC in digital format, rather than converting back and forth using those cables. On my setup the audio is digital all the way to my external amplifier which makes for a cleaner signal.

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