How to connect Laptop to 5.1 surround sound

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I recently bought a Philips HTS3564/F7 home theatre system. I want to be able to watch movies on my Laptop which is HP Pavilion and the play through my surround sound speakers. I have no idea how to do it. Any ideas?

 
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you will want to check if your system can accept 5.1 via optical or coax (will be compressed sound, but it may or may not support this).

if it does, you'd need a soundcard which has optical or coax out that also supports ddl or another format for compressing audio to optical/coax.

often cheap home theater systems are very limited on what they support for inputs. it is not uncommon for a 5.1 system to only accept 2.0 stereo as input which means even if you get optical/coax it may not work how you want.
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you will want to check if your system can accept 5.1 via optical or coax (will be compressed sound, but it may or may not support this).

if it does, you'd need a soundcard which has optical or coax out that also supports ddl or another format for compressing audio to optical/coax.

often cheap home theater systems are very limited on what they support for inputs. it is not uncommon for a 5.1 system to only accept 2.0 stereo as input which means even if you get optical/coax it may not work how you want.
 
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