Can Mac Mini be use for home theater

[littlekenneth]

Hi,

I am trying to build a home theater computer. Currently I can either go with PC route, Mac route, or Google TV. I will be using the device to download BT or watch live stream video online. I am looking into mac mini for my home theater setup for streamline video or online download video. I was looking at the mac mini peripheral, I found out that it only have a HDMI slot. At my home theater, I have a HDMI cable wired to my projector and optical wire to my receiver. I can run component cable, but I wouldn't be able to use HDMI port for audio and video concurrently. Does Mac have any other option for me to run separate video and audio source?

I used my mbp to go into one website that my pc was able to watch the streamline video, however, I couldn't watch it with my mac. Are there website that PC can go into or watch the video from that Mac couldn't? Any people experience that before? Thanks

 

[Capt Crunch]

Hi,

I am trying to build a home theater computer. Currently I can either go with PC route, Mac route, or Google TV. I will be using the device to download BT or watch live stream video online. I am looking into mac mini for my home theater setup for streamline video or online download video. I was looking at the mac mini peripheral, I found out that it only have a HDMI slot. At my home theater, I have a HDMI cable wired to my projector and optical wire to my receiver. I can run component cable, but I wouldn't be able to use HDMI port for audio and video concurrently. Does Mac have any other option for me to run separate video and audio source?

The headphone jack is a mini-toslink optical jack as well. I currently have HDMI running video and the mini-toslink feeding audio to my receiver, just like you want.

 

[littlekenneth]

Will the mini-toslink optical jack support surround sound?

 

[DaveNinja]

Will the mini-toslink optical jack support surround sound?

yes

 

[littlekenneth]

Thanks.

Have anyone experience the problem that I have that PC can watch stream video but mac can't? Anyway to go around it?