setup, projector, sound

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Hi everyone, 
 
My goal is to stream movies on my projector (I can't use a chromecast because the projector doesn't have any output for sound... ). So I thought to make a rasplex (a raspberry pi with a special Plex on it), connect it to my projector, then buy a cheap NAS just for store videos and use my MacBookPro for transcoding and streaming to the rasplex. 
 
Do you think it's possible ? 
Can I use the hdmi output for the video and the jack for the sound ? 
 
Thank a lot !! 
 
Timothé
 
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Yes you can, but keep in mind that the jack output on the rpi is not really good. 

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Yes you can, but keep in mind that the jack output on the rpi is not really good. 

Thank Ledge74 ! 
 
By "not really good" you mean, "it's not good for listening music but that fine for a movie" or "it is bad, look for an other solution 
Can I upgrade it ? 
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Thank Ledge74 ! 
 
By "not really good" you mean, "it's not good for listening music but that fine for a movie" or "it is bad, look for an other solution 
Can I upgrade it ? 

You may get pops, crackles, buzzes, known issue on all Raspberry Pi's running any OS, B+'s are supposed to be better but in my opinion not much.

Regards

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Hi, 
 
thank you.
 
 
Do you think I can use a Bluetooth ubs adapter ? and can I have a better sound with it (the idea is to avoid the jack output) ? 
 
if yes, how can I setup it in rasplex ? 
 
(I found this : https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/bluetooth-usb-adapter-setup-raspbian-raspberry-pi, but this is for Raspbian....)
 
Regards
 
[EDIT] So according to this:
https://forums.plex.tv/topic/138824-stream-music-over-bluetooth-is-it-possible/?hl=bluetooth
and this :
https://forums.plex.tv/topic/117415-dongle-bluetooth-belkin-doesnt-work-on-rasplex/?hl=bluetooth
the answer is no.... :(
 
So any possibility to have a decent sound ?  Can HifiBerry help ? 
 
[EDIT2] but here : http://misapuntesde.com/post.php?id=333  thy guy say he use theadphones whit openELEC 3.2.4 .... so now I don't know. 
Someone knows ? :)
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Hi,

thank you.


Do you think I can use a Bluetooth ubs adapter ? and can I have a better sound with it (the idea is to avoid the jack output) ?

if yes, how can I setup it in rasplex ?

(I found this : https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/bluetooth-usb-adapter-setup-raspbian-raspberry-pi, but this is for Raspbian....)

Regards

[EDIT] So according to this:
https://forums.plex.tv/topic/138824-stream-music-over-bluetooth-is-it-possible/?hl=bluetooth
and this :
https://forums.plex.tv/topic/117415-dongle-bluetooth-belkin-doesnt-work-on-rasplex/?hl=bluetooth
the answer is no.... :(

So any possibility to have a decent sound ? Can HifiBerry help ?

[EDIT2] but here : http://misapuntesde.com/post.php?id=333 thy guy say he use theadphones whit openELEC 3.2.4 .... so now I don't know. [/size]
Someone knows ? :)[/size]

No, bluetooth audio is not possible in Rasplex, you can pair a bluetooth speaker but it will not play anything. Have you looked at an HDMI sound splitter, some people seem to have had some success, try searching the forums for it.

Regards
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Why don't you just use the HDMI audio? I have almost the identical setup, but I route via an A/V Receiver:

RasPlex -- via HDMI --> Receiver -- via HDMI --> Projector

Works like a charm and it supports DTS/DD.

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Why don't you just use the HDMI audio? I have almost the identical setup, but I route via an A/V Receiver:

RasPlex -- via HDMI --> Receiver -- via HDMI --> Projector

Works like a charm and it supports DTS/DD.

Hi Djelibeybi
 
 
You mean using something like this : http://www.amazon.com/Revesun-Extractor-Splitter-Converter-Extender/dp/B00P0WRA1U/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1421999522&sr=1-2&keywords=HDMI+v1.4+Audio+Extractor+Splitter+HDMI+jack
 
This is a good idea ! I did not think to this setup at the begining because I'm read somewhere there is some delay when you using this device, so sound doesn't match with the image. Do you have this kind of problem ?
Can you give me the references of the products you are using ? 
 
Thank !! 
 
And thank you NedtheNerd for explanations about bluetooth :)
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