(2017-12-28, 22:43)Stonedofmoo Wrote: Hi there

The refresh rate matching, do I do that in Kodi as that is enabled already, or in the madvr settings itself? Any tips?

Display scaling is an interesting one, almost certainly is the answer. Why?

(2017-12-28, 20:07)Stonedofmoo Wrote: I'm finding it hit and miss so far. In DirectX 9 mode films often don't play, while in DX11 mode they usually play on the first go, but if I ever have reason to stop a film or start a new one the next video plays in a 1/4 box in the top left of the TV only.

Quite weird really. I'd really like to know if DX9 or DX11 is the better mode; my Geforce 1030 will support either happily.
Also does this MadVR change the refresh rate of the TV to match the source material? I cannot tell if that is happening.

(2017-12-28, 21:47)spencerjford Wrote:  

(2017-12-29, 16:28)Cynwrig Wrote:

(2017-12-28, 20:07)Stonedofmoo Wrote: I'm finding it hit and miss so far. In DirectX 9 mode films often don't play, while in DX11 mode they usually play on the first go, but if I ever have reason to stop a film or start a new one the next video plays in a 1/4 box in the top left of the TV only.

Quite weird really. I'd really like to know if DX9 or DX11 is the better mode; my Geforce 1030 will support either happily.
Also does this MadVR change the refresh rate of the TV to match the source material? I cannot tell if that is happening.

You have a 1030? I am considering upgrading to this card, can you tell me if you can enable 10 bpc in Nvidia control panel with that card. I searched the whole google without answers. It's the only thing holding me down from buying one. 

(2017-12-29, 16:58)MrFoxx Wrote: Have been looking for the past few weeks for something that allows me to use a simulated "matrix" mode for stereo sources to output as 5.1. Low and behold I found this and am currently struggling to get it to work perfectly. Anyways, I have a Asus Xonar U5 USB external sound card along with a set of Logitech z506 speakers. Normal 5.1 films sound perfect however I would like to have a virtual surround sound for the stereo sources I play (Twitch.tv + Plex).

Currently I'm using LAV and the latest 32bit version of kodi with dsplayer.


https://gyazo.com/f7f671f0d36d179eb94e0d44558ed236 - Kodi DSplayer settings.
https://gyazo.com/0ee7bda9123310e6954968822ae75f42 - LAV settings.
https://gyazo.com/216686cc878ca594591953d9c3997792 - Mixing Settings
https://gyazo.com/e420d955d7492b77c20051c81dbb7e12 - Speaker Status

So from the last image you can see that whilst it detects that it is being sent out as 6 channel it's only giving me left and right audio with zero input for the other channels..

Any help here, please?

(2017-12-30, 17:44)ashlar Wrote:

(2017-12-29, 16:58)MrFoxx Wrote: Have been looking for the past few weeks for something that allows me to use a simulated "matrix" mode for stereo sources to output as 5.1. Low and behold I found this and am currently struggling to get it to work perfectly. Anyways, I have a Asus Xonar U5 USB external sound card along with a set of Logitech z506 speakers. Normal 5.1 films sound perfect however I would like to have a virtual surround sound for the stereo sources I play (Twitch.tv + Plex).

Currently I'm using LAV and the latest 32bit version of kodi with dsplayer.


https://gyazo.com/f7f671f0d36d179eb94e0d44558ed236 - Kodi DSplayer settings.
https://gyazo.com/0ee7bda9123310e6954968822ae75f42 - LAV settings.
https://gyazo.com/216686cc878ca594591953d9c3997792 - Mixing Settings
https://gyazo.com/e420d955d7492b77c20051c81dbb7e12 - Speaker Status

So from the last image you can see that whilst it detects that it is being sent out as 6 channel it's only giving me left and right audio with zero input for the other channels..

Any help here, please?

Unless I'm mistaken, the Mixing panel only works for downmixing, not upmixing, in LAVfilters.

(2017-12-30, 18:30)MrFoxx Wrote:

(2017-12-30, 17:44)ashlar Wrote:

(2017-12-29, 16:58)MrFoxx Wrote: Have been looking for the past few weeks for something that allows me to use a simulated "matrix" mode for stereo sources to output as 5.1. Low and behold I found this and am currently struggling to get it to work perfectly. Anyways, I have a Asus Xonar U5 USB external sound card along with a set of Logitech z506 speakers. Normal 5.1 films sound perfect however I would like to have a virtual surround sound for the stereo sources I play (Twitch.tv + Plex).

Currently I'm using LAV and the latest 32bit version of kodi with dsplayer.


https://gyazo.com/f7f671f0d36d179eb94e0d44558ed236 - Kodi DSplayer settings.
https://gyazo.com/0ee7bda9123310e6954968822ae75f42 - LAV settings.
https://gyazo.com/216686cc878ca594591953d9c3997792 - Mixing Settings
https://gyazo.com/e420d955d7492b77c20051c81dbb7e12 - Speaker Status

So from the last image you can see that whilst it detects that it is being sent out as 6 channel it's only giving me left and right audio with zero input for the other channels..

Any help here, please?

Unless I'm mistaken, the Mixing panel only works for downmixing, not upmixing, in LAVfilters. 

Perhaps you could suggest another method of which I could achieve this simulated 5.1 surround throughout stereo sources? I recently had found the Audio DSP add-on which had the "free-surround" option that was perfect but is very unstable and wouldn't allow for a video to be forward seeked or it would crash when selecting another video. Quite a pity, really.

Purchasing a receiver, to my current knowledge, isn't an option due to the PC speakers I use. 

(2017-12-30, 14:55)Stonedofmoo Wrote: Hi guys

For those running 4K HDR rips with DSPlayer, what hardware do you have?
I have a Pentium G3420 @ 3.2Ghz and a Geforce 1030 2Gb card. The video's play but it's stuttering constantly. CPU seems to be maxed out which is odd as I thought in DXVA2 mode the graphics card took care of the decoding.
I also notice the GPU VRAM runs up to 1934Mb which to me sounds like the VRAM is maxed out?

Can anyone running 4K HDR rips without performance issues let me know what hardware you run. I'm particularly interested in the VRAM issue as the 1030 is billed as the perfect HTPC card.

(2017-12-31, 10:11)Stonedofmoo Wrote: I changed the settings to DXVA2 copy back last night and immediately everything improved and is basically smooth. This is odd as reading the notes suggested this mode would be slower.
The vRAM is still peaking at 1936Mb. I suspect it would use more than 2Gb if I had more.

(2017-12-31, 10:11)Stonedofmoo Wrote: I changed the settings to DXVA2 copy back last night and immediately everything improved and is basically smooth. This is odd as reading the notes suggested this mode would be slower.
The vRAM is still peaking at 1936Mb. I suspect it would use more than 2Gb if I had more.

Boingman, would you mind running a test for me? Could you run GPU-Z and go to the sensors tab, and then go play a HDR movie. Just play one for a minute or so then exit straight out of Kodi and go see how much vRAM your GTX 1080 was using while the video was playing. This will tell me how much vRAM is optimally required.