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?
Are you sure the mkv files you tried have 5.1 channel audio? Also check the audio format.
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
(2014-05-05, 15:01)lasse o Wrote: [ -> ]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?
(2014-05-05, 16:33)steelman1991 Wrote: [ -> ] (2014-05-05, 15:01)lasse o Wrote: [ -> ]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.
(2014-05-05, 16:19)bluray Wrote: [ -> ]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?
(2014-05-05, 15:51)baijuxavior Wrote: [ -> ]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.
So did you check the manual?
Make sure 'Speaker Selection' is not set to 'TV'
I don't have one i'm afraid, as it is bought used..
What would i look for if i could find it as a download?
See second sentence in the last post.
Where is the debug log? see
log_file (wiki) for how to do this.