VPFET HDMI Audio Extractor Splitter Converter, 4K@60Hz HDMI to HDMI +Optical +3.5mm AUX Audio Adapter Supports HDMI 2.0,HDR10, 18Gpbs Bandwidth,Dolby Digital/DTS,PCM

This device works great on my projector paired with a ps5, my biggest problem is that every once in a while the screen will suddenly cut out for a few minutes or freezes completely. I have paired the splitter to an optical out, new micro usb with power adapter, and an HDMI 2.1 input. Verry hard to find help for this issue. Update. Just messaged the seller about my issue and emedietly they sent out a new device! Works much better and no issues, the replacement came super fast and the seller was willing to replace withing the 12 month purchase date with no strings attached.

Works perfectly. Was having issues with USB audio over Thunderbolt, random stuttering and popping. But the HDMI audio over thunderbolt didn't have these issues, so my next plan was a device like this to extract the audio from the HDMI signal to feed into my hardware mixer. I'm using the TOSLINK output and it works great! Also appreciate the included 3.5mm to RCA cable (though I'm not using it with this device but rather with my TOSLINK to analog converter sitting between this device and my mixer).

I wanted to be sure the box was passing the 5.1 signal correctly so ran test tones for each channel through my Bluray player's HDMI port. When the switch is set to 5.1CH the extractor's optical output appears to be discrete 5.1 channel Dolby Digital output just as you'd get directly out of of the player's optical out. When I switched it to 2CH, the output changed to stereo PCM with the 5.1 channels appearing to be encoded to Pro Logic but I can't be 100% sure if it was the extractor encoding them or the player without further testing. I will follow up with more later. My only complaint with this unit is you can feel the circuit board moving side to side when you unplug the HDMI cables. This was remedied by taking the cover off one side and putting a piece of double sided tape on the edge of the board to take up the slack. Overall nice quality unit and package, comes with almost everything you need to hook it up besides the 5V power supply. After using this over a year, I've found one possible issue. I have never seen it pass Pro Logic encoded stereo AC3. For example MAX seems to stream all audio AC3 out of the Roku but some of their content has only stereo L/R signal present in the 5.1. There should be a tag to tell my processor to Pro Logic decode the L/R channels but this never happens. It's possible that it could be an issue with the content's encoding, but since I've never seen this format come out of this box, I'd tend to think it's the box. I guess you could set the switch over to 2ch to resolve, so not a big deal. Another workaround would be to temporarily set the streaming device output to stereo only. UPDATE 5/31/25: I have used this little box for nearly 3 years but I am replacing it with a switcher that extracts audio. I could still recommend this unit, but at this point you probably want an extractor that is compatible with the ARC standard, as some current televisions don't provide an option to pass standard HDMI audio formats. Why this is?? idk, it's pretty stupid imo. But if you buy a TV that has ARC audio out only then this device won't work for you.

I bought this as I my 5.1 system only accepts optical or coax input for DTS. This item works good, however every now and again, my receiver thinks its using prologic and I get no sound. Never had this issue with XBOX one series, so assuming its the converter, now way to really test. A simply reset of the converter box and bang back in business. The box is USB powered, so I currently am powering it off the HDD USB port and have had no issues.

It does the job, splits the audio off from my blue ray player so I can play the sound on my surround speakers. However, it didn't come with a power cord. I don't have any Micro-B cables anymore which was quite an annoyance.