2011-10-26, 22:43
Hi
For a little while back i bought myself a new receiver for my living room setup.
This is connected to my HTPC via HDMI. HTPC is running Windows 7 SP1. All working great, except one thing that I noticed the other day.
When playing movies with Dolby Digital or DTS audio tracks, I am not able to control the volume on the HTPC. ('Passthrough Audio in use') - This is as expected and was to be considered as a way to know that it is the receiver doing the decoding. Correct?
Now - when playing music tracks (eg. FLAC ) - I was hoping for the same result, that my receiver would take care of the decoding. Anyhow this is the issue, because when playing FLAC files - I am able to control volume from my HTPC remote - within XBMC .. this tells me that XBMC is doing the decoding, am I right?
I have tried to play with audio settings, WASAPI, Direct Sound etc.. no difference or luck yet.
So just asking.. is this by design or just me who missed some configuration options to have Music files also be passed right through to the receiver?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers!
For a little while back i bought myself a new receiver for my living room setup.
This is connected to my HTPC via HDMI. HTPC is running Windows 7 SP1. All working great, except one thing that I noticed the other day.
When playing movies with Dolby Digital or DTS audio tracks, I am not able to control the volume on the HTPC. ('Passthrough Audio in use') - This is as expected and was to be considered as a way to know that it is the receiver doing the decoding. Correct?
Now - when playing music tracks (eg. FLAC ) - I was hoping for the same result, that my receiver would take care of the decoding. Anyhow this is the issue, because when playing FLAC files - I am able to control volume from my HTPC remote - within XBMC .. this tells me that XBMC is doing the decoding, am I right?
I have tried to play with audio settings, WASAPI, Direct Sound etc.. no difference or luck yet.
So just asking.. is this by design or just me who missed some configuration options to have Music files also be passed right through to the receiver?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers!