Sound Card Alternative

[fallengardian13]

Hello, I've been using a Sound Blaster Recon3D so that I can take the SPDIF out of my TV so that I can listen to (PS4/5/Switch/4kblueray) through my PC headphones.  I would also mix that with PC audio so that I could watch a video on PC while gaming on console.  Recently though it has started causing an issue where it won't let windows go into sleep mode automatically.   Running powercfg in command line gave me back an error reading "the device or driver has made a request to prevent the system from automatically entering sleep."  So I removed the card for now and just ran a 1/8th inch cable from the TV's headphone jack to the line in. but now I am getting an almost second long delay in audio.  Do you guys have any suggestion other than dropping over $100 on a new sound card?  Either some other way to hook everything up or a way to fix the sleep issue.  Thank you for any help.

[emosun]

48 minutes ago, fallengardian13 said:

I removed the card for now and just ran a 1/8th inch cable from the TV's headphone jack to the line in. but now I am getting an almost second long delay in audio. 

that shouldnt have a delay that long at all. are you able to localize which device adds the delay? the tv or computer

[fallengardian13]

I actually just figured out the delay issue while doing dishes.  I forgot that windows 10 adds that delay when you try to listen to a mic through it.  I've got it reconfigured now to not have a delay.