XBOX and sound blaster l

I am an absolute noooooooooob to creative products!
!!! if I buy the creative labs Sound blaster Li've 5. external sound card can I?( diagrams always work better than words ?XBOX-------(TOSHLINK)-------(Sound Blaster? Li've 5.)====(standard speaker x3)===(5. speaker)?in sohort can the unit decode Dobly Digtial without a computer (as a stand alone decoder) and plug into my 5. speakers? does that unit input SPDIF as well for my DVD player?

I don't think thet Li've! external has a SPDIF input where you can connect the XBox. And on the specs doesn't say that either:
<span class="majorheader">Technical Specifications:
[img"]http://images.americas.creative.com/images/bullet.gif" alt="[/img] height="2" width="">[img"]http://images.americas.creative.com/images/spacer.gif" alt="[/img] height="" width="5">Playback: 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion in 6 or 24 bit with sampling rates of up to 48kHz in 5. mode and up to 96kHz in stereo mode.[img"]http://images.americas.creative.com/images/spacer.gif" alt="[/img] height="" width="0">
[img"]http://images.americas.creative.com/images/bullet.gif" alt="[/img] height="2" width="">[img"]http://images.americas.creative.com/images/spacer.gif" alt="[/img] height="" width="5">Recording: 24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion in 6 or 24 bit with sampling rates up to 96kHz.
[img"]http://images.americas.creative.com/images/bullet.gif" alt="[/img] height="2" width="">[img"]http://images.americas.creative.com/images/spacer.gif" alt="[/img] height="" width="5">SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) out with up to 24-bit at 96 kHz quality
Maybe I am wrong, I never had that Li've! in my hands.

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