DTS via optical only?

[banie01]

Hi folks,
Quick question, I think the answer is yes but i just want to be 100%
If I have .MKV with DTS soundtrack is the only way to get Multichannel audio via my Vu+ is to use an optical cable for audio? (apart from remuxing of course)
I'm aware I can switch downmix to on and get stereo, but it leaves the auld surround sound a bit idle ;)
Am I right in thinking this?
Or is there some way to get multichannel audio over HDMI?
Thanks in advance and sorry for the silly question!

[deckymckeown]

Not sure if this is the answer your looking for, but i imagine its down to whether our not your surround system can play the DTS soundtrack, and you would be connecting via optical cable of course.

My surround system cannot play DTS, just Dolby 5.1 so i convert the DTS to Dolby 5.1 with popcorn MKV audio converter, usualy does the trick, or sometimes i use mkv2vob and tick the transcode DTS option which will then convert it to Dolby 5.1. This program is a lot faster but you can run into problems when there are multiple languages in the sound track and it converts the wrong one!

[Alec]

From the Duo the way to obtain these sounds is by a optical cable.