2. pc-audio
  3. 1256063874

Do all computers output digital thru USB?

Forgive my newbee question but I want to output a digital signal to my USB DAC from my computer. How do I know if my computer outputs digital thru its USB port or analog? How do I get a digital stream to output to my DAC? Thanks for the look and the help. Really.
pugstub
singleendedsingle
664 posts
 
Many newest stuff, requires a previous installation of drivers in order to work properly. Like riffer said, maybe you need to install drivers first.
swampwalker's avatar
swampwalker
5,138 posts
 
Sorry, Pugstub. I've got XP.
pugstub's avatar
pugstub OP
64 posts
 
OK, thanks to all those that responded.
prpixel
876 posts
 
All USB devices are digital. USB is a digital standard. There is no way to force USB to output an analog signal. Devices such as USB speakers have a digital to analog converter built in.
johnss
599 posts
 
on your PC you can also pull the digital audio off the PCI or PCIe bus, if you have the right card, and go to AES/EBU.
More to discover