2012-02-29, 04:40
Hi All,
I'm not very clued up on the whole AV side of things, and am only new to XBMC having ditched my PS3, so I'm hoping someone will be able to help me.
My current HTPC setup -
Server 2008 R2 running on an old C2D box
2GB Ram
Gigabyte HD6450
XBMC
Samsung 40" Series 5
Kenwood Receiver (no HDMI in/out)
I have this setup in the following configuration -
HTPC --> HDMI --> TV --> Optical --> Receiver
I have the HTPC connecting straight to the TV as my receiver is old and has no HDMI inputs.
Now, my issue is when I try and play a file using the GPU to process the audio through the TV to the Receiver, I get a message along the lines of "Audio failed to initialise, check settings'. I have tried turning off the DTS and Dolby settings in XBMC to no avail.
My receiver says it can handle DTS and Dolby (There are even lights on the front of it with those names), however, nothing I have done seems to have any effect. Only by changing the audio settings to analogue (in XBMC) have I been able to get any sound through using the HDMI out on the GPU, and that sound is very poor as the voices are so low and music so loud, basically un-watchable.
I can get decent 2.1 out by using the on board mic out straight to the receiver.
Now, with my limited AV and XBMC understanding, I can only assume that if the HD 6450 can handle the audio out via HDMI, and my receiver says it can handle DTS/Dolby signal, then it must be either my TV that isn't passing the audio through to the receiver properly or I have screwed up the server or XBMC configuration?
The only options I can see on my tv for sound configuration is to swap between internal and external (receiver) speakers. I've tried both without any luck.
The XBMC settings seem pretty straight forward, so I don't know what I may have done wrong, I'm leaning towards my TV being the weakest link.
Is that assumption correct?
My next question is, if it is my TV that is the cause of my problems, is my best (cheapest) option to get 5.1 sound out of my current setup, to buy a LP sound card for the HTPC with optical out and play it straight to the receiver bypassing the TV? Or have I missed something and there is another better solution/configuration that I should have used?
TL;DR
1) Will a Samsung Series 5 TV pass through DTS/DOLBY audio to a non HDMI receiver via optical?
2) If 1) = NO, is my best option to buy an Optical soundcard for the HTPC and send audio straight to the receiver?
3) If 1) = YES, WTH am I doing wrong?
Any help you guys can give would be greatly appreciated, I'm tearing my hair out here.
Thanks.
Brotherdu.
I'm not very clued up on the whole AV side of things, and am only new to XBMC having ditched my PS3, so I'm hoping someone will be able to help me.
My current HTPC setup -
Server 2008 R2 running on an old C2D box
2GB Ram
Gigabyte HD6450
XBMC
Samsung 40" Series 5
Kenwood Receiver (no HDMI in/out)
I have this setup in the following configuration -
HTPC --> HDMI --> TV --> Optical --> Receiver
I have the HTPC connecting straight to the TV as my receiver is old and has no HDMI inputs.
Now, my issue is when I try and play a file using the GPU to process the audio through the TV to the Receiver, I get a message along the lines of "Audio failed to initialise, check settings'. I have tried turning off the DTS and Dolby settings in XBMC to no avail.
My receiver says it can handle DTS and Dolby (There are even lights on the front of it with those names), however, nothing I have done seems to have any effect. Only by changing the audio settings to analogue (in XBMC) have I been able to get any sound through using the HDMI out on the GPU, and that sound is very poor as the voices are so low and music so loud, basically un-watchable.
I can get decent 2.1 out by using the on board mic out straight to the receiver.
Now, with my limited AV and XBMC understanding, I can only assume that if the HD 6450 can handle the audio out via HDMI, and my receiver says it can handle DTS/Dolby signal, then it must be either my TV that isn't passing the audio through to the receiver properly or I have screwed up the server or XBMC configuration?
The only options I can see on my tv for sound configuration is to swap between internal and external (receiver) speakers. I've tried both without any luck.
The XBMC settings seem pretty straight forward, so I don't know what I may have done wrong, I'm leaning towards my TV being the weakest link.
Is that assumption correct?
My next question is, if it is my TV that is the cause of my problems, is my best (cheapest) option to get 5.1 sound out of my current setup, to buy a LP sound card for the HTPC with optical out and play it straight to the receiver bypassing the TV? Or have I missed something and there is another better solution/configuration that I should have used?
TL;DR
1) Will a Samsung Series 5 TV pass through DTS/DOLBY audio to a non HDMI receiver via optical?
2) If 1) = NO, is my best option to buy an Optical soundcard for the HTPC and send audio straight to the receiver?
3) If 1) = YES, WTH am I doing wrong?
Any help you guys can give would be greatly appreciated, I'm tearing my hair out here.
Thanks.
Brotherdu.