I'm getting a projector and a Shield TV. I also have a 5.1 surround setup, and would like to route all audio from Shield to that setup.
Problem is, it's a rental flat and the projector is ceiling-mounted in place of a chandelier, so all I have is power and ethernet over powerline. Even if I could get the audio wiring over there, the projector has only stereo output anyway. Just to be clear, Shield is sitting on top of the projector, with a network cable in and an HDMI cable out.
Now, I have a PC on the floor in the same room (the one which I'll be streaming games from sometimes), and I can attach the surround system to it, but:
- How do I make a playback device accessible through local network in Windows? Is there some sort of standard for this? DLNA?
- Is it even possible to connect Android TV to any sort of networked audio setup?
Has anybody done anything like this? Or do you have any relevant info? I've seen AllStream / AirAudio , but I'm not sure if they support surround (seen only a vague hint at 7.1 support on some random pirate website). Maybe there's some WiFi USB DAC I could attach to Shield instead? Or maybe I could pair the PC with Shield over Bluetooth (also can't verify if 5.1 can be played over modern BT...)? It also seems that I can play audio locally when streaming from PC with Moonlight , but I'd like to have all audio on Shield go to my PC.
Any help is much appreciated.
I think you're better off having the shield next to your receiver and sending the video wirelessly to the projector, then you can deal with audio sync issues right at the receiver.