I am SO frustrated. Here's the situation:

I have a DVD player with the following outputs: RCA-L,R,Video; and optical digital audio out.

So basically there's no digital decoder in the DVD player.

I also have no decoder in my receiver, but have the inputs for 5.1 audio.

Now you might be able to tell me why the hell can't I find a stand-alone decoder anywhere?

Seriously, I've been searching for about an hour and can't find a damned thing! I would think that this situation might come up quite often. It's a question of having the wrong combinations.

All I've found is this product on ebay, but it looks super old, judging by the tape input (why do you need 5.1 surround for a casette?), and the bad pictures that don't let me see if there's an optical digital in or just those two RCA jacks. I have a feeling it's the latter. Wouldn't that mean it just splits the stereo signal? That sucks.

Do you guys have ANY idea where/if I can find something like this?