HDMI Audio Converter?

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2/21/11 at 7:00am

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Anyone know of a product that will convert HDMI with surround audio to: HDMI output with 2-channel audio? This "converter" must have one HDMI in and one HDMI out ONLY (plus power).
We're going from the 4th output on a matrix switch to a four-way splitter out to four TVs. The first three outputs on the matrix switch are going to surround receivers.
Any ideas??

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2/21/11 at 9:37am

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Originally Posted by destropaul

Anyone know of a product that will convert HDMI with surround audio to: HDMI output with 2-channel audio? This "converter" must have one HDMI in and one HDMI out ONLY (plus power).
We're going from the 4th output on a matrix switch to a four-way splitter out to four TVs. The first three outputs on the matrix switch are going to surround receivers.
Any ideas??

Add a cheap pre-amp that can convert surround to 2-channel. Cheapest way I found.

Also, you might try Optava - they have a switcher which will convert to RCA and I think Toslink.

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2/25/11 at 5:12pm

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Try out the Atlona AT-HD570, it will be able to do what you are looking for!

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10/28/11 at 11:57pm

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I search on the net and i didn't found so many things. i think Atlona AT-HD570 is gonna be good i read some reviews bout it. so it can help you.

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10/29/11 at 8:28am

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Try out the Atlona AT-HD570, it will be able to do what you are looking for!

As I understand the OP, he was looking for a device that was HDMI in and HDMI out that would convert the digital multichannel in to a 2 channel digital out in the HDMI stream. As I understand the AT-HD570 it will extract the audio streams form the HDMI input and convert them to analog format or present them in digital format to a optical output. I was not aware that the device could re-insert the down mixed audio in the HDMI output stream.

Does anyone know if it can actually do this?

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10/29/11 at 9:21am

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Originally Posted by DrDSL

As I understand the OP, he was looking for a device that was HDMI in and HDMI out that would convert the digital multichannel in to a 2 channel digital out in the HDMI stream. As I understand the AT-HD570 it will extract the audio streams form the HDMI input and convert them to analog format or present them in digital format to a optical output. I was not aware that the device could re-insert the down mixed audio in the HDMI output stream.

Does anyone know if it can actually do this?

We looked a while back for someone and we could not find an audio injector for HDMI. Only way I can think to do this is to then decode the video, recombine the audio and then get a converter to go back to HDMI. There are also HDMI license holder issues with the "decode the video" part.

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11/2/11 at 1:59pm