Many thanks for great ideas!
I may have not made the use case clear, so: (deep breath!)
99% of my Okto use will be via JRiver (FLAC library) and PC-NUC/USB (which also has an external bluray drive.)
BUT, that leaves a small library of Bluray movies and BR Audio disks, which I gather may not play multich correctly on the PC via PowerDVD
PLUS, there are some streaming apps that aren't available (or work Mch) on Win10, so I'd like to be able to use my Roku on the HDMI input on the Oppo 103 BR player, and somehow
feed the Oppo's analog outputs into either the PC or (via) AES to the Okto (lots of O's there!).
There are no affordable HDMI-> AES devices.
(AES is preferred, since I could
theoretically use the Okto remote to 'flip' between USB/PC audio sources and AES (HDMI legacy) sources - would be so slick!)
Hence, the request for an ADC that outputs either AES (preferred - direct to Okto!) or USB (many to chose from, but more complexity).
Tascam, Scarlett, Behringer make affordable ADC - USB decks, but seem to have software issues with W10 (from reviews), and have many more features than I need!
EG,
https://smile.amazon.com/Tascam-US-...face/dp/B00MIXF200?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1&psc=1
The Oppo 103 is
not a very high end HDMI DAC, so no need (or budget!) to find a high performance ADC for this, esp for the occasional use/movie/HT application.
PS. Oh, one other, very minor, use: I still have a darned nice turntable and phono-preamp...haven't even
thought about how I want to get
that into the PC/OktoDAC yet! But THAT I might just decide to sell off....haven't played an LP in more than a year!
<Yah, I think too much sometimes ....Grin>