[lasse o]

Hi. I'm kind of new to XBMC, but had this problem before XBMC, in fx VLC.

My setup is a Zotac Mini-ITX PC which is connected through HDMI to my Samsung home entertainment system (5.1).

My i play movies (like mkv, not DVD) in XBMC, or any other player, there is no surround sound in any movies, not even the center speaker. If i toss a DVD in the Samsung player, it works fine.

Does my PC not support this through HDMI, or is this a software problem?

[baijuxavior]

Are you sure the mkv files you tried have 5.1 channel audio? Also check the audio format.

[bluray]

Have you do these?

1. Select HDMI audio output in Windows 7 or 8 control panel/hardware and sound/sound/playback
2. Select audio exclusive mode in Windows 7 or 8 audio properties

[steelman1991]

Hi. I'm kind of new to XBMC, but had this problem before XBMC, in fx VLC.

My setup is a Zotac Mini-ITX PC which is connected through HDMI to my Samsung home entertainment system (5.1).

My i play movies (like mkv, not DVD) in XBMC, or any other player, there is no surround sound in any movies, not even the center speaker. If i toss a DVD in the Samsung player, it works fine.

Does my PC not support this through HDMI, or is this a software problem?

Check that your 'home entertainment system' is capable of outputting multi channel sound from mkv files. Many Home Theatre in the Box all-in-one solutions are only capable of multi channel sounds from the DVD player, but restricted to 2 channel sound (if supported at all), through mkv or other file formats.

What Samsung model is it?

[lasse o]

Hi. I'm kind of new to XBMC, but had this problem before XBMC, in fx VLC.

My setup is a Zotac Mini-ITX PC which is connected through HDMI to my Samsung home entertainment system (5.1).

My i play movies (like mkv, not DVD) in XBMC, or any other player, there is no surround sound in any movies, not even the center speaker. If i toss a DVD in the Samsung player, it works fine.

Does my PC not support this through HDMI, or is this a software problem?

Check that your 'home entertainment system' is capable of outputting multi channel sound from mkv files. Many Home Theatre in the Box all-in-one solutions are only capable of multi channel sounds from the DVD player, but restricted to 2 channel sound (if supported at all), through mkv or other file formats.

What Samsung model is it?

It is a Samsiung HT-E6750W.

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Have you do these?

1. Select HDMI audio output in Windows 7 or 8 control panel/hardware and sound/sound/playback
2. Select audio exclusive mode in Windows 7 or 8 audio properties

It is set to output through HDMI. I don't know what audio exclusive mode is?

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Are you sure the mkv files you tried have 5.1 channel audio? Also check the audio format.

If i play the mkv in VLC, Audio device is stereo, but i can choose 5.1 though.

[steelman1991]

So did you check the manual?

Make sure 'Speaker Selection' is not set to 'TV'

[lasse o]

I don't have one i'm afraid, as it is bought used..

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What would i look for if i could find it as a download?

[steelman1991]

See second sentence in the last post.

[jjd-uk]

Where is the debug log? see log_file (wiki) for how to do this.