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I'm posting in this forum as opposed to Inspect Your Gadgets because I feel like this might be a better fit here, but if it isn't, please move it over there if it's a problem. I have a pretty decent surround sound system and keeping it plugged into my laptop via HDMI is getting a little annoying with the whole cord being attached and all coupled with the need to move with my laptop around my apartment. It sucks when I need to move away from the system with my laptop and I'm limited to 10 foot of tense cord. I'm trying to find a way around this. I've see some "wireless HDMI," peripherals like this one http://amzn.com/B009E6R89C but they're really pricey from what I'm seeing. That's pretty much what I need but I'm wondering if there are alternatives or simpler solutions. I don't really care about streaming the video portion, but that would definitely be a plus. I'd ideally like to stream my laptop's audio to my surround sound system wirelessly. I was looking into Chromecast, but I don't think there's a way to output all of my computer's audio to that. What are my options for doing this without shelling out $200 and having something clunky attached to my laptop? I'd be willing to drop $100 or so on it though. Thanks for any and all help! theologian fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Oct 26, 2014 |
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:I believe Apple TVs are capable of streaming lossless audio. Are they capable of simply receiving all of my computer's audio output? From system sounds to whatever I have playing on whatever application? From what I'm reading it sounds like it's pretty heavily reliant on iTunes.
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Oct 26, 2014 03:56
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Factory Factory posted:What's the exact model of the receiver, and does your laptop have Bluetooth? There are about a half dozen ways to go about this, many of them cheaper than a wireless HDMI transceiver. Also, are you willing to do a little DIY effort, like setting up a Raspberry Pi? I'm not near my system at the moment so I don't know the exact model. I know it doesn't have bluetooth though. My laptop however, does have bluetooth. And yeah definitely into DIY stuff, Pi's have been something on my radar for a while, just never had any solid ideas for putting one to use to jump on one.
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