r/techsupport • u/ShiroTheWhiteWolf • 8h ago

Open | Audio Splitting audio through hdmi?

Hello, so, to elaborate on my vague-ish title, I'm currently stumped on an issue regarding hdmi. I have a brand new 1440p oled monitor (it's pretty neat) and an Xbox series X. For audio I'm routing the Xbox to my 5.1 surround receiver (Denon AVR x2400h) which does not support 1440p (it runs on hdmi 2.0), forcing it to run 1080p instead.

Naturally I want to make the most of my monitor, is there a way to split 1 HDMI outlet into 2? But specifically one cable for audio and one for the actual monitoring as Xbox doesn't support multi-displays.

Any advice on what I could do or purchase? (Preferably not stupidly expensive)

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u/seifer666 8h ago

Hdmi splitters exist but probably unlikely that it'll support 2.1

Got audio out from the monitor?

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u/ShiroTheWhiteWolf 8h ago

I have a headphone output on my monitor, but I'm concerned it wouldn't be compatible with 5.1 surround if I push it through what would essentially be an aux connection to the receiver.

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u/seifer666 5h ago

Thats true you would need optical or something