2015-03-08, 22:48
Up until a day or two ago, everything was great. I could play movies encoded with with Stereo audio tracks or Dolby Surround audio tracks. Last night, I tried to play a Dolby-only encoded file and the only audio was the front-left and front-right surround speakers. I was finally able to get at least full stereo sound by disabling the "Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC3) capable receiver" option - which was always enabled before anyway - but I still couldn't get true Dolby, nor does my amplifier recognize the signal as Dolby. It sees it as a stereo signal.
I have tried everything - I factory reset my amplifer (on the off-chance that something was amiss there); I have checed all of the settings that I can find in the amp, the Pi and the TV; I have unplugged and replugged the HDMI cable.... no change.
Now, the amp sees a true Dolby signal from the TV on OTA signals as well a Netflix so I know the amp and the TV are actually able to communicate in Dolby.
I tried a couple of other files that are encoded with both stereo and Dolby audio channels and noticed this - as long as I am playing the stereo channel, everything is fine. As soon as I switch to the Dolby channel, the video and audio both freeze. Once I switch back to stereo, everything resumes playing as before, in stereo of course. The problem seems to be in the Pi, but it has always worked up untill now - even with the files I am using to test it.
ANY help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
I have tried everything - I factory reset my amplifer (on the off-chance that something was amiss there); I have checed all of the settings that I can find in the amp, the Pi and the TV; I have unplugged and replugged the HDMI cable.... no change.
Now, the amp sees a true Dolby signal from the TV on OTA signals as well a Netflix so I know the amp and the TV are actually able to communicate in Dolby.
I tried a couple of other files that are encoded with both stereo and Dolby audio channels and noticed this - as long as I am playing the stereo channel, everything is fine. As soon as I switch to the Dolby channel, the video and audio both freeze. Once I switch back to stereo, everything resumes playing as before, in stereo of course. The problem seems to be in the Pi, but it has always worked up untill now - even with the files I am using to test it.
ANY help would be much appreciated. Thanks.